Where does “fagopiro” come from?

fagopiro (Esperanto) comes from Translingual Fagopyrum, from Ancient Greek πυρός, from Proto-Indo-European puHrós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

fagopiro (Esperanto): buckwheat

Definitions

  1. buckwheat

Ancestry of “fagopiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualFagopyrumgenus
2Ancient Greekπυρόςwheat; a grain of wheat; genitive singular of πῦρ
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHróswheat
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHrós →Every word from Ancient Greek πυρός →