- ἀβέλτερος
- ἀβέλτεροςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `simple, stupid' (Ar.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Perhaps from βέλτερος originally `morally good', then `too good, simple', with unclear prefix (Wackernagel GGN (1902) 745ff.; cf. Fraenkel Glotta 20, 94. Differently Osthoff MU 6, 177, Hatzidakis Glotta 11, 175f.)Page in Frisk: 1,3
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.