ἀφρός
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- foam, of the sea
- (of persons and animals) foam, slaver, froth
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰrós (rain, cloud, rain-cloud).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*n̥bʰrós
Gloss
rain, cloud, rain-cloud
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
雨
Emoji
☁️ ☂️ ☔️ ⛈️ ⛱️ 🌂 🌈 🌤️ 🌥️ 🌦️ 🌧️ 💧
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- imber Latin
- imbridus Latin
- imbrifer Latin
- afrolite Italian
- ὄμβρος Ancient Greek
- *m̥bʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *nebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥bʰrós Proto-Indo-European
- अभ्र Sanskrit
- अभ्रक Hindi
- ամպ Armenian
- ابر Persian
- ամպ Old Armenian
- ամպեղէն Old Armenian
- փրփուր Old Armenian
- փրփրանամ Old Armenian
- abbha Pali
- *abʰrás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *emβris Proto-Italic
- *abʰrás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ewr Northern Kurdish
- ewrkirin Northern Kurdish
- 𑀅𑀩𑁆𑀪 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀅𑀩𑁆𑀪 Maharastri Prakrit
- *abráh Proto-Iranian
- iprer Tocharian B
- आभौ Rajasthani
- اوٚبُر Kashmiri