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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | agro- |
| DEFINITION: | Field. Probably a derivative of ag-. Oldest form *a ro-, becoming *agro- in centum languages. 1. acre, from Old English æcer, field, acre, from Germanic *akraz. 2. agrarian; agriculture, peregrine, pilgrim, from Latin ager (genitive agr ), earlier *agros, district, property, field. 3. agria, agro-; agrostology, onager, stavesacre, from Greek agros, field, and agrios, wild. (In Pokorny a- 4.) |
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