Where does “sébaste” come from?
sébaste (French) comes from Translingual Sebastes, from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός, from Latin Augustus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.
sébaste (French): rockfish
Ancestry of “sébaste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | Sebastes | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Σεβαστός | august, venerable, exalted |
| 3 | Latin | Augustus | venerable |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |