Where does “Achilles” come from?

Achilles (Cebuano) comes from English Achilles, from Latin achilles, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς.

Achilles (Cebuano): Achilles

Definitions

  1. Achilles

Ancestry of “Achilles”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAchillesA mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp
2LatinachillesAchilles
3Ancient GreekἈχιλλεύς—
Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς →Every word from Latin achilles →Every word from English Achilles →