Where does “Amazone” come from?

Amazone (French) comes from Latin amazon, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

Amazone (French): Amazon river

Definitions

  1. Amazon river

Ancestry of “Amazone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinamazonan Amazon
2Ancient GreekἈμαζώνAmazons, a nation of female warriors from western...
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “Amazone”

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