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Where does “ὄφελος” come from?

ὄφελος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic opʰelos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰel-.

ὄφελος (Ancient Greek): furtherance, advantage, help, good, benefit; the...

Definitions

  1. furtherance, advantage, help, good, benefit; the...

Ancestry of “ὄφελος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenicopʰelos—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰel-—

Words derived from “ὄφελος”

  • anopheles
  • anophelicide
  • όφελος
  • Anopheles
  • ἀνωφελής
  • folos
  • folositor
  • folosi
  • folosință
  • folosire
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