Where does “ἐλπίς” come from?

ἐλπίς (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European welp-.

ἐλπίς (Ancient Greek): hope, expectation, belief that something will...

Definitions

  1. hope, expectation, belief that something will...

Ancestry of “ἐλπίς”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwelp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welp-