Where does “Atalanta” come from?
Atalanta derives from Ancient Greek Ἀταλάντη, combining the negation prefix ἀ- with a root from Proto-Indo-European n̥- and ne, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sem-.
Ancestry of “Atalanta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Atalanta | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἀταλάντη | balanced |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |