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Where does “αμπρί” come from?

αμπρί (Greek) comes from French abri, from Middle French abri, from Old French abri, from Old French abrier, from Latin apricāre, from Latin aprīcor, from Latin apricus, from Latin aperīcus — -y, -ic.

αμπρί (Greek): trench, dugout

Definitions

  1. trench, dugout

Ancestry of “αμπρί”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchabria shelter or refuge against the elements or...
2Middle Frenchabri—
3Old Frenchabrishelter
4Old Frenchabrierto shelter; to take shelter; to shelter oneself
5Latinapricāre—
6Latinaprīcor—
7Latinapricussunny, having lots of sunshine, warmed by the...
8Latinaperīcus—
9Latin-cussuffixed to nouns, forms adjectives; This suffix...
10Proto-Italic-kos—
11Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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