Where does “καρπίνος” come from?

καρπίνος (Greek) comes from Translingual Carpinus, from Latin carpinus, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er-.

καρπίνος (Greek): hornbeam (Carpinus)

Definitions

  1. hornbeam (Carpinus)

Ancestry of “καρπίνος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualCarpinusgenus
2LatincarpinusHornbeam; European hornbeam; a variety of...
3Proto-Indo-European*kh₂er-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er-
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