Where does “Arcady” come from?

Arcady derives from English poetic usage of Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία, the name of a region in the Peloponnese associated with pastoral imagery.

Arcady (English): Arcadia, an ancient region of Greece with a tradition of rural, bucolic innocence

Definitions

  1. Arcadia, an ancient region of Greece with a tradition of rural, bucolic innocence

Ancestry of “Arcady”, step by step

Arcady traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian Арка́дий

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianАрка́дий—
2Ancient GreekἈρκάδιοςArcadius, a name borne by an Emperor
3Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekἈρκαδίαArcadia
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐος →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀρκάδιος →