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Where does “أطلس” come from?

أطلس (Arabic) comes from English Atlas, from French Atlas, from Latin Ātlās, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

أطلس (Arabic): atlas; worn-out, having the quality of a rag;...

Definitions

  1. atlas; worn-out, having the quality of a rag;...

Ancestry of “أطلس”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAtlasA particular model or individual missile of the...
2FrenchAtlas—
3LatinĀtlās—
4Ancient GreekἌτλαςthe ‘Bearer’ of Heaven; Atlas; the 'Bearer' of...
5Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
6Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
7Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
8Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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