Etymology

artos

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Today it means: a loaf of leavened bread that is blessed during services in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic churches. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρτος (ắrtos) ← Proto-Hellenic *ártos
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  1. Proto-Hellenic*ártos
  2. Ancient Greekᾰ̓́ρτος (ắrtos)
  3. English todayartos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρτος (ártos, “leavened loaf”), probably from Mycenaean Greek *𐀀𐀵 (*a-to), from the compound word 𐀀𐀵𐀡𐀦 (a-to-po-qo, “bakers”). Compare Greek αρτοποιός (artopoiós, “baker”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἄρτος all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.