Where does “Perse” come from?
Perse comes from Old French Piers, which derives from Old French Pierre, a name of uncertain ultimate origin.
Perse (English): An Oceanid, (one of the three thousand daughters of the Titans' Oceanus and Tethys), and the wife of the sun god, Helios, by whom she is the mother of Aeetes, Perses, Pasiphae and Circe. One of her many sisters is Amphitrite, (the wife of Poseidon). Perse is also closely identified with Hecate
Definitions
- An Oceanid, (one of the three thousand daughters of the Titans' Oceanus and Tethys), and the wife of the sun god, Helios, by whom she is the mother of Aeetes, Perses, Pasiphae and Circe. One of her many sisters is Amphitrite, (the wife of Poseidon). Perse is also closely identified with Hecate
Ancestry of “Perse”, step by step
Perse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English pers
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | pers | blue, blue-grey; blue cloth; blue, bluish |
| 2 | Old French | pers | twelve peers |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | persus | Persian |
| 4 | Latin | Persicus | Persian |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | περσικός | Persian from Persia; pertaining to the Persians |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Πέρσης | a Persian |
| 7 | Old Persian | 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 | a Persian |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | párcuš | rib |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | párćuš | rib |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pérḱus | chest; rib |
via Ancient Greek Περση
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | Περση | — |