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Where does “bacchanalian” come from?

Bacchanalian comes from English Bacchanalia, from Italian -ana and Spanish -ana, from Latin Bacchus, from Ancient Greek Βάκχος, with Latin suffixes -um and -us.

bacchanalian (English): Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian

Ancestry of “bacchanalian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbacchanaliaAny wild, orgiastic party or celebration
2LatinBacchānālia—
3LatinBacchānal—
4LatinBacchusthe god of wine
5Ancient GreekΒάκχοςBacchus

Words derived from “bacchanalian”

  • bacchanalianism
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