Word Origin Summary

Ἄνθος 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. *h₂éndʰosProto-Indo-Europeaninherited from
2. *ántʰosProto-Hellenicinherited from

Descendants and Related Terms

• antocyjan

  Polish · derived from

• bloodflower

  English · derived from

• anthera

  Latin · derived from

• Anthornis

  Translingual · derived from

• Hattorianthus

  Translingual · derived from

• Anthus

  Translingual · derived from

• anthocaulus

  English · derived from

• antó-

  Irish · derived from

What You Can Explore

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