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Where does “wésperos” come from?

wésperos (Proto-Hellenic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.

Ancestry of “wésperos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—

Words derived from “wésperos”

  • Hesperus
  • hesperus
  • Hesperornis
  • ἕσπερος
  • ἑσπέρᾱ ὥρᾱ
  • ἑσπέρα
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