Where does “ավելի” come from?

ավելի (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian աւելի, from Old Armenian աւել-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰel-.

ավելի (Armenian): more, beyond; Used in forming the comparative...

Definitions

  1. more, beyond; Used in forming the comparative...

Ancestry of “ավելի”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianաւելիexceeding, superfluous; more, above, beyond
2Old Armenianաւել-more
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰel-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰel- →Every word from Old Armenian աւել- →Every word from Old Armenian աւելի →