Where does “Atlas” come from?

Atlas (French) comes from Latin Ātlās, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

Atlas (French): Atlas son of Iapetus and Clymene, leader of the Titans ordered by Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders

Definitions

  1. Atlas son of Iapetus and Clymene, leader of the Titans ordered by Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders

Ancestry of “Atlas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinĀtlāsthe Titan Atlas
2Ancient GreekἌτλαςthe ‘Bearer’ of Heaven; Atlas; the 'Bearer' of...
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 “Atlas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- →