Where does “Atlas Mountains” come from?

Atlas Mountains (English) comes from Arabic جِبَال الأَطْلَس, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

Atlas Mountains (English): occupying portions of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia

Definitions

  1. occupying portions of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia

Ancestry of “Atlas Mountains”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicجِبَال الأَطْلَس—
2Ancient GreekἌτλαςthe ‘Bearer’ of Heaven; Atlas; the 'Bearer' of...
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- →