Where does “myriad” come from?
Myriad comes from French myriade, from Latin myriadis, from Ancient Greek μυριάδος (myriádos), from Ancient Greek μυριάς (myriás), from Ancient Greek μυρίος (myríos), meaning ten thousand.
myriad (English): Ten thousand; 10,000; A countless number or...
Definitions
- Ten thousand; 10,000; A countless number or...
Ancestry of “myriad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | myriade | ten thousand; myriad |
| 2 | Late Latin | myrias | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μυριάς | a number of ten thousand, a myriad |
| 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 |