Where does “Antinoan” come from?
Antinoan (English) comes from Latin antinoanus, from Latin Antinous, from Ancient Greek Ἀντίνοος, from Ancient Greek νόος, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Antinoan (English): Of pertaining to Antinous
Definitions
- Of pertaining to Antinous
Ancestry of “Antinoan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | antinoanus | — |
| 2 | Latin | Antinous | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἀντίνοος | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | νόος | mind; an act of mind; the sense or meaning of a... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |