Where does “Universiade” come from?
Universiade (English) comes from English Olympiad, from Middle English Olimpias, from French olympiade, from Old French olimpiade, from Latin Olympias, from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπιάς, from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπῐ́ᾱ, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς — sound, voice.
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- an international multi-sport event, organized for...
Ancestry of “Universiade”, step by step
Universiade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Olympiad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Olympiad | A period of four years, by which the ancient... |
| 2 | Middle English | Olimpias | — |
| 3 | French | olympiade | olympiad; Olympiad |
| 4 | Old French | olimpiade | period of four years |
| 5 | Latin | Olympias | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ὀλυμπιάς | olympiad |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ὀλυμπῐ́ᾱ | Olympia |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 10 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 12 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 13 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 14 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 15 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via English University
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | University | An institution of higher education that provides facilities for teaching, research, and the conferral of academic degrees across undergraduate, graduate, and often professional levels |
| 2 | Middle English | universite | A university or college; The totality of students... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | université | university |
| 4 | Old French | universitei | university |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | universitas | group of teachers and students; university;... |
| 6 | Latin | ūniversitās | the whole |
| 7 | Latin | ūniversus | whole, entire, taken collectively or altogether |
| 8 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 9 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |