hesperides
‘daughters of the Hesperus’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
Gk. hesperis < hesperios ‘of the evening, western’ < hesperos ‘evening’ < wes-pero- ‘evening’ < es < wes- < Tamil ava
hesperides
‘daughters of the Hesperus’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
Gk. hesperis < hesperios ‘of the evening, western’ < hesperos ‘evening’ < wes-pero- ‘evening’ < es < wes- < Tamil ava
English words derived Tamil ava connoting ‘diminution, blemish’