Where does “dryad” come from?
dryad (English) comes from Old French driade, from Latin dryas, from Ancient Greek Δρυάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön- — sound, voice.
dryad (English): In Greek myth, a female tree spirit
Definitions
- In Greek myth, a female tree spirit
Ancestry of “dryad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | driade | wood nymph |
| 2 | Latin | dryas | a woodnymph, a dryad a nymph whose life is bound up with that of her tree |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Δρυάς | a woodnymph, a dryad; a tree |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 6 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 7 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 9 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 10 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 11 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |