Where does “Nix” come from?
Nix comes from English Nyx, from Ancient Greek Νύξ and νύξ, from Proto-Indo-European nókʷts, ultimately from the root negʷ-.
Nix (English): One of the moons of Pluto (named 21 June 2006.)
Definitions
- One of the moons of Pluto (named 21 June 2006.)
Ancestry of “Nix”, step by step
Nix traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Phoenix
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Phoenix | A mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology |
| 2 | Old French | fenix | phoenix |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | phenix | — |
| 4 | Latin | phoenīx | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Φοῖνιξ | Phoenician; Carthaginian |
| 6 | Mycenaean Greek | 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 | date palm? |
| 7 | Egyptian | fnḫw | a people in Canaan or Syria, perhaps originally... |
| 8 | Egyptian | fnḫ | carpenter, woodcutter |