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noun goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus
originFrom stem of Ancient Greek ἀφρός (aphrós, “sea foam, froth”) (for its supposed resemblance) + -ite. This coining matches not only the name of the goddess, but also the popular folk etymology for her by the Ancient Greeks.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0