ὄρος

Ancient Greek

noun
Definitions
  • a mountain, hill
  • mountain chain
  • district, sector, precinct, parish
  • (Egypt) desert

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-, *h₃eros derived from Egyptian ḏw (mountain, evil, bad, wicked) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (stir, move, spring, rise, attack, rising, related to moving, lift).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₃er-

Gloss

stir, move, spring, rise, attack, rising, related to moving, lift

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

攻, 伐, 撃, 討

Emoji

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