 The Romans saw her as the counterpart of the Greek goddess Demeter, whose mythology was reinterpreted for Ceres in Roman art and literature.The name "Cerēs" stems from Proto-Italic "*kerēs" ('with grain, Ceres'), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European "*ḱerh₃-os" ('nourishment'), formed with the root "*ḱerh₃-", meaning 'to feed'.Roman etymologists thought "ceres" derived from the Latin verb "gerere", "to bear, bring forth, produce", because the goddess was linked to pastoral, agricultural and human fertility.