Where does “Asia” come from?

Asia comes from Ancient Greek Ἀσῐ́ᾱ, which is attested in Mycenaean Greek as 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, though the original meaning remains unknown.

Asia (English): A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius

Definitions

  1. A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius

Ancestry of “Asia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishAsia
2LatinĀsiaA kind of rye
3Ancient GreekἈσίαAsia Minor; Asia; Asia
4Mycenaean Greek𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the...
5Hittite𒀸𒋗𒉿northwest Anatolia

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