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.
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Ancestry of “Ceres”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | Cerēs | Ceres goddess of agriculture |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | kerēs | Ceres |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱerēs | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
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