In one of the Greek dictionaries we can see that the word "argeo" means "to be without work", "to do nothing".
But isn't the prefix "ar" a Georgian negative prefix? Of course, it is. So, "ar + geo" = "not to work"?
But in Greek, the prefix "ar" does not have a negative meaning. Only in Georgian. So, is "argeo" a Kartvelian word?
In order to be able to say so, we must find something similar to "geo" in the meaning of "to work" in the Kartvelian language.
It turns out that this is not difficult to do at all. Chanturia's dictionary gives us the masdar "გება" [geba] meaning "to build" or "to do". This is where the root "geo" in the Greek word "argeo" comes from. So, the Greek word "argeo" is indeed Georgian.
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