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Where does “ἔλπος” come from?

ἔλπος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European selp- — fat, oil.

ἔλπος (Ancient Greek): Hesychius' gives the definition as ἔλαιον , στέαρ...

Definitions

  1. Hesychius' gives the definition as ἔλαιον , στέαρ...

Ancestry of “ἔλπος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanselp-fat, oil
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