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Where does “myriade” come from?

myriade (Danish) comes from German Myriade, from English myriad, from French myriade, from Late Latin myrias, from Ancient Greek μυριάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt — sound, voice.

myriade (Danish): myriad

Definitions

  1. myriad

Ancestry of “myriade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMyriademyriad
2EnglishmyriadTen thousand; 10,000; A countless number or...
3Frenchmyriadeten thousand; myriad
4Late Latinmyrias—
5Ancient Greekμυριάςa number of ten thousand, a myriad
6Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
7Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
8Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
9Hungarianönyou
10Hungarianön-self-
11Turkishönfront
12Ottoman Turkishاوك—
13Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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