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Where does “Aeneas” come from?

Aeneas is the English form of Latin Aeneas, from Ancient Greek Αἰνείας, a name of unknown origin and meaning.

Ancestry of “Aeneas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAenēas—
2Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-ā—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →