Where does “oceanwide” come from?
oceanwide (English) comes from English ocean, from Middle English occean, from Old French occean, from Latin Ōceanus, from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός — the great earth-encircling river; Oceanus, a...
oceanwide (English): Spanning the whole ocean
Definitions
- Spanning the whole ocean
Ancestry of “oceanwide”, step by step
oceanwide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ocean
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ocean | One of the large bodies of water separating the... |
| 2 | Middle English | occean | A large sea believed to encircle the world's... |
| 3 | Old French | occean | ocean |
| 4 | Latin | Ōceanus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὠκεανός | ocean |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ὠκεανός | the great earth-encircling river; Oceanus, a... |
via English wide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wide | Having a large physical extent from side to side;... |
| 2 | Old English | wīd | wide, vast, broad, long; distant, far |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wīdaz | wide; broad |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weydʰh₁os | set apart, asunder, in two |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi- | two; apart, asunder |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |