Where does “Antinous” come from?
Antinous derives from Ancient Greek Ἀντίνοος, combining ἀντί (anti-, "against") and νόος (noós, "mind"), from νέω (néō, "to swim"), tracing to Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- and (s)neh₂-.
Antinous (English): A handsome young man
Ancestry of “Antinous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | Antinous | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἀντίνοος | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | νόος | mind; an act of mind; the sense or meaning of a... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |