Where does “atlas” come from?
Atlas comes from English atlas, from Arabic أَطْلَس, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European sem- meaning to carry or support.
atlas (English): A bound collection of maps often including...
Definitions
- A bound collection of maps often including...
Ancestry of “atlas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | Atlas | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἄτλας | the ‘Bearer’ of Heaven; Atlas; the 'Bearer' of... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
Words derived from “atlas”