Where does “atlas” come from?
atlas (Cebuano) 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.
atlas (Cebuano): an atlas; a bound collection of maps often...
Definitions
- an atlas; a bound collection of maps often...
Ancestry of “atlas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Atlas | A particular model or individual missile of the... |
| 2 | French | Atlas | Atlas son of Iapetus and Clymene, leader of the Titans ordered by Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders |
| 3 | Latin | Ātlās | the Titan Atlas |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἄτλας | the ‘Bearer’ of Heaven; Atlas; the 'Bearer' of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |