The story
- sem-wes-pro · derived from*biʾrāt-“wells”
- Biblical Hebrew · derived fromבְּאֵרוֹת
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΒηρώθ
- English todayBeeroth
From Ancient Greek Βηρώθ (Bērṓth), from Biblical Hebrew בְּאֵרוֹת (bəʾērōṯ), ultimately from Proto-West Semitic *biʾrāt- (“wells”). Doublet of Beirut and Berytus.
Words from the same roots
sem-wes-pro*biʾrāt- all →
Beirut
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.