Where does “atlasing” come from?
atlasing (English) comes from English Atlas, from French Atlas, from Latin Ātlās, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
atlasing (English): The creation of a atlas
Ancestry of “atlasing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Atlas | A particular model or individual missile of the... |
| 2 | French | Atlas | — |
| 3 | Latin | Ātlās | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἄτλας | the ‘Bearer’ of Heaven; Atlas; the 'Bearer' of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |