Word Origin Summary

Εὖ is attested in Ancient Greek. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *h₁su-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
2. *ehu-Proto-Hellenicinherited from

Descendants and Related Terms

• eukalyptus

  Norwegian Nynorsk · derived from

• eucalipto

  Spanish · derived from

• φαρδύς

  Greek · inherited from

• ยูคาลิปตัส

  Thai · borrowed from

• eugenesia

  Spanish · derived from

• eucharystia

  Polish · derived from

• Eutheria

  Translingual · derived from

• euthymia

  English · derived from

What You Can Explore

• 🗺️Geographic migration map — see where this word traveled
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• 📅Historical timeline — when the word entered different languages
• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root