Where does “Nereid” come from?

Nereid (English) comes from Latin Nērēis, from Ancient Greek Νηρηΐς, from Ancient Greek Νηρεύς — Nereus; the sea-god Nereus.

Nereid (English): Any one of the fifty sea-nymphs who were daughters of the sea-god Nereus and attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish

Definitions

Any one of the fifty sea-nymphs who were daughters of the sea-god Nereus and attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish

Ancestry of “Nereid”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	Nērēis	a Nereid
2	Ancient Greek	Νηρηΐς	Nereid; sea-nymph
3	Ancient Greek	Νηρεύς	Nereus; the sea-god Nereus

Words derived from “Nereid”

Nereidian

Every word from Ancient Greek Νηρεύς →Every word from Ancient Greek Νηρηΐς →Every word from Latin Nērēis →