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

  1. A bound collection of maps often including...

Ancestry of “atlas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAtlasthe Titan Atlas
2Ancient GreekἌτλαςthe ‘Bearer’ of Heaven; Atlas; the 'Bearer' of...
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-