Where does “epos” come from?
epos (English) comes from Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος, from Ancient Greek ϝέπος, from Proto-Hellenic wékʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wékʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
epos (English): An epic
Ancestry of “epos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | epos | an epic, a heroic poem |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἔπος | something spoken: speech, story, song; epic... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ϝέπος | — |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | wékʷos | word, speech |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wékʷos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |