εὖ

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See also: ευ, εὐ-, εὑ, ἐΰ, and ἐύ

Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Adverbial use of neuter accusative singular of ἐΰς (eǘs, good), from Proto-Hellenic *ehu-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- (good).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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εὖ () (indeclinable)

  1. well

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: eu-
  • Greek: ευ (ef)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “εὖ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 477

Further reading

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