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 ὨκεανόςEvery word from Ancient Greek ὠκεανόςEvery word from Latin Ōceanus
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