Where does “Sisyphean” come from?

Sisyphean (English) comes from English Sisyphus, from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος, from Ancient Greek σοφός — clever, skillful, cunning, able; intelligent,...

Sisyphean (English): Incessant or incessantly recurring, but futile;...

Definitions

Incessant or incessantly recurring, but futile;...

Ancestry of “Sisyphean”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	Sisyphus	Son of Aeolus and Enarete, and king of Ephyra, as tragic figure doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, a part of Hades
2	Ancient Greek	Σίσυφος	Sisyphus
3	Ancient Greek	σοφός	clever, skillful, cunning, able; intelligent,...

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