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Where does “kerēs” come from?

kerēs (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European ḱerēs, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

Ancestry of “kerēs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerēs—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
4Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

Words derived from “kerēs”

  • cereal
  • Ceres
  • cerium
  • Cerealia
  • noncereal
  • cerealin
  • pseudocereal
  • cereology
  • ferrocerium
  • cerealist
  • ceriferous
  • cerealogy
  • noncerium
  • cereologist
  • organocerium
  • ceriation
  • cerealogist
  • ceroan
  • dicerium
  • radiocerium
  • Cererian
  • Cerealia
  • Ceres
  • Cerealis
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