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Where does “Ceres” come from?

Ceres comes from Latin Ceres, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- meaning to grow or make, also attested in the form ḱerēs.

Ceres (English): a recently discovered asteroid; Roman goddess of...

Definitions

  1. a recently discovered asteroid; Roman goddess of...

Ancestry of “Ceres”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCerēs—
2Proto-Italickerēs—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerēs—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

Words derived from “Ceres”

  • cerium
  • cereology
  • ferrocerium
  • noncerium
  • ceriferous
  • cerealogist
  • cereologist
  • dicerium
  • ceroan
  • organocerium
  • radiocerium
  • ceriation
  • cerealogy
  • cērijs
  • 세륨
  • Ceres
  • Séwes
  • serium
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