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Urius
Urius comes from Ancient Greek οὖρος ‘fair wind’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- ‘to move, stir, spring’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃er-‘to move, stir, spring’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEοὖροςoûros‘fair wind’next step skipped: Ancient Greek οὔριος
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΟὔριος
- Englishearliest quotation 1891Urius
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃er-‘to move, stir, spring’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEοὖροςoûros‘fair wind’next step skipped: Ancient Greek οὔριος
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΟὔριος
- Englishearliest quotation 1891Urius
Earliest quotation: 1891, M. Tullius Cicero: “It was by you that the temple of Jupiter…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- ‘to move, stir, spring’
run, original, ride, earn, origin, abortion, abort, orient, irritable, irritate, ornithology, erne, orogeny, 18 more
Today it means
name A rare epithet of the Roman god Jupiter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- / Urius