Where does “bentos” come from?
bentos (Italian) comes from Ancient Greek βένθος, from Ancient Greek βάθος, from Ancient Greek βαθύς, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeh₂dʰ- — to sink, submerge; to tread, wade.
bentos (Italian): benthos, benthic
Ancestry of “bentos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | βένθος | the depths |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | βάθος | extension in space: depth, height, breadth,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βαθύς | being a large vertical distance from: high, deep;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeh₂dʰ- | to sink, submerge; to tread, wade |