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Where does “ἀλωπού” come from?

ἀλωπού (Byzantine Greek) comes from Byzantine Greek ἀλωπώ, from Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ, from Proto-Hellenic alōpēḱos.

ἀλωπού (Byzantine Greek): fox

Definitions

  1. fox

Ancestry of “ἀλωπού”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine Greekἀλωπώ—
2Ancient Greekἀλώπηξfox
3Proto-Hellenicalōpēḱos—

Words derived from “ἀλωπού”

  • αλεπουδίσιος
  • αλεπού
  • αλεποπορδή
  • αλεπότρυπα
  • αλεπουδάκι
  • αλεποφωλιά
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