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amphoreus
Amphoreus comes from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μφορεύς ‘jar with a narrow neck, amphora’, from φορεύς ‘bearer’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰérō‘to bear’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφέρωphérō‘to bear’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφορεύςphoreús‘bearer’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEᾰ̓μφορεύςămphoreús‘jar with a narrow neck, amphora’
- Englishearliest quotation 1897amphoreus
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰérō‘to bear’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφέρωphérō‘to bear’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφορεύςphoreús‘bearer’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEᾰ̓μφορεύςămphoreús‘jar with a narrow neck, amphora’
- Englishearliest quotation 1897amphoreus
Earliest quotation: 1897, Cecil Harcourt Smith, Panathenaic Amphorae: “The amphoreus of the prize-lists is a measure of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, broad, suffering, prefer, bread, burden, bearing, fortune, differently, barn, barrel, fury, baron, bark, breeze, bore, berth, broom, barrow, differentiation, embargo, indifferent, infertility, fret, infertile, ferret, deference, insufferable, furtive, bier, differentially, bahar, proffer, deferential, differentiable, birr, bairn, burnish, differentiator, 114 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
different, offer, difference, transfer, bear, reference, suffer, translation, relative, extraordinary, relation, relate, differ, translate, frustration, referendum, fertility, referee, strangely, fertile, borne, extravagant, defer, confer, infer, fertilization, elated, infra, frustrate, ablation, elation, strangeness, extraneous, collation, fertilize, dilate, collate, ablative, oblate, estrange, 103 more
through Ancient Greek φέρω ‘to bear’
phosphate, phosphorus, euphoria, dysphoria, semaphore, phosphine, 22 more
Today it means
noun An Ancient Greek unit of liquid measure reckoned as equivalent to about 9 gallons.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / amphoreus