- ἐρέβινθος
- ἐρέβινθοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `chick-pea' (Il.).Derivatives: Deminut. ἐρεβίνθιον (pap.) and ἐρεβινθ-ώδης (Thphr.), -ειος (Zen.), -ιαῖος (Dsk.), -ινος (H., Phot., Suid.).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Eastmediterr.?Etymology: To ὄροβος `id.' (s. v.) with the Pre-Greek suffix -ινθος (Schwyzer 526, Chantraine Formation 370; s. also Kretschmer Glotta 30, 133). Further to Lat. ervum `a kind of vetch', with which some Celtic and Germanic words for `pea etc.' are compared: OHG araweiz, arwiz `pea', MIr. orbaind `grain'. The word may come from the eastern Mediterranean area, s. W.-Hofmann ervum. Cf. also (-ινθος \< *-ιθος to -weiz in ara-weiz?) Kuiper Μνήμης χάριν 1, 217f., Deroy Glotta 35, 180ff. - Skt. aravinda- n. `lotusflower' does not belong here; cf. Mayrhofer Wb. s. v.Page in Frisk: 1,549-550
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.