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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-—

Words derived from “ἐλπίς”

  • elpidite
  • Elpenore
  • ελπίδα
  • Ἐλπήνωρ
  • ἐλπίζω
  • εὔελπις
  • ϩⲉⲗⲡⲓⲥ
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