Where does “Pleiades” come from?
Pleiades comes from Latin Pleiades, from Ancient Greek Πλειάδες, a term for the group of seven stars in the constellation named after the mythological daughters of Atlas.
Ancestry of “Pleiades”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | Pleiades | nominative plural of Plēias; accusative plural of... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Πλειάδες | — |
Words derived from “Pleiades”