Where does “chimera” come from?
Chimera comes from Latin chimaera, from Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα, from Ancient Greek χίμαρος, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeym-.
chimera (English): Alternative letter-case form of Chimera; Any...
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- Alternative letter-case form of Chimera; Any...
Ancestry of “chimera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | chimaera | Chimera |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | χίμαιρα | a she-goat |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰéyōm | winter; year; frost, snow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
Words derived from “chimera”