Etymology

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Today it means: flower Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos) ← Proto-Hellenic *ántʰos ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂éndʰos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éndʰos
  2. Proto-Hellenic*ántʰos
  3. Ancient Greekἄνθος (ánthos)
  4. English today-anth

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἄνθος all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.