Όπως λέει στο αγγλικό (!) wiktionary:
From
λεώς (leṓs, “people”), an archaic Attic variant of
λαός (laós, “people”), and
φορείο (foreío, “carriage”) from the verb
φέρω (phérō, “carry”). First coined in 1863 in order to translate the French
bus or
omnibus. The choice of the obsolete variant
λεώς (leṓs) instead of the common
λαός (laós) was due to the Ancient Greek word
λεωφόρος (leōphóros, “thoroughfare”) of the same etymology still being in use.
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