Where does “Échinades” come from?
Échinades (French) comes from Middle French Echinades, from Latin Echīnades, from Ancient Greek Ἐχινάδες, from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος, from Translingual Cactus, from Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος — the cardoon, "Cynara cardunculus"; the artichoke...
Ancestry of “Échinades”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | Echinades | Echinades |
| 2 | Latin | Echīnades | Echinades islands in the Ionian Sea |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἐχινάδες | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐχῖνος | hedgehog; sea urchin; shell of a sea urchin |
| 5 | Translingual | Cactus | obsolete genus of succulents |
| 6 | Latin | cactus | the cardoon, "Cynara cardunculus" |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κάκτος | the cardoon, "Cynara cardunculus"; the artichoke... |