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Where does “Hades” come from?

Hades (Spanish) comes from Ancient Greek ᾍδης, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

Ancestry of “Hades”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekᾍδης—
2Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
3Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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