Where does “Achaemenes” come from?

Achaemenes (English) comes from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμένης, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

Achaemenes (English): The founder of the Achaemenid dynasty

Definitions

  1. The founder of the Achaemenid dynasty

Ancestry of “Achaemenes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekἈχαιμένηςfounder of the Achaemenid dynasty
2Old Persian𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

Words derived from “Achaemenes”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →Every word from Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμένης →