Where does “oceaan” come from?

oceaan (Dutch) comes from Middle French ocean, from Latin Ōceanus, from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός — the great earth-encircling river; Oceanus, a...

oceaan (Dutch): ocean

Definitions

  1. ocean

Ancestry of “oceaan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchocean—
2LatinŌceanus—
3Ancient Greekὠκεανόςocean
4Ancient GreekὨκεανόςthe great earth-encircling river; Oceanus, a...

Words derived from “oceaan”

Every word from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός →Every word from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός →Every word from Latin Ōceanus →