Where does “ocean” come from?
Ocean comes from Middle English occean, from Old French occean, from Latin Oceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός, originally the name of a Titan deity personifying the great waters encircling the world.
ocean (English): One of the large bodies of water separating the...
Definitions
- One of the large bodies of water separating the...
Ancestry of “ocean”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | occean | A large sea believed to encircle the world's... |
| 2 | Old French | occean | ocean |
| 3 | Latin | Ōceanus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὠκεανός | ocean |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ὠκεανός | the great earth-encircling river; Oceanus, a... |
Words derived from “ocean”