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Where does “Utopia” come from?

Utopia comes from Latin Utopia, a coinage by Thomas More meaning "no place" from Greek ou- (not) and topos (place).

Ancestry of “Utopia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New LatinŪtopia—
2Ancient Greekοὐnot
3Ancient GreekοὐκίEpic form of οὐ
4Proto-Hellenicoyuki—
5Proto-Indo-European(ne) h₂óyu kʷidever, on your life; not ever, not on your life

Words derived from “Utopia”

  • utopist
  • utopía
  • utopista
  • ουτοπία
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