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Where does “όμορφος” come from?

όμορφος (Greek) comes from Byzantine Greek ὄμορφος, from Ancient Greek εὔμορφος, from Ancient Greek εὐ-, from Ancient Greek πίων, from Proto-Indo-European peyH- — fat, milk.

όμορφος (Greek): beautiful, pretty, handsome

Definitions

  1. beautiful, pretty, handsome

Ancestry of “όμορφος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine Greekὄμορφος—
2Ancient Greekεὔμορφος—
3Ancient Greekεὐ-good, well
4Ancient Greekπίωνfat, rich; wealthy; abounding, fertile
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk
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