Where does “Pyrénée” come from?
Pyrénée (French) comes from Middle French pyrenee, from Latin Pȳrēnaeus, from Ancient Greek Πῡρηναῖος, from Ancient Greek -αῖος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Pyrénée (French): epithet of Venus
Definitions
- epithet of Venus
Ancestry of “Pyrénée”, step by step
Pyrénée traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French pyrenee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | pyrenee | — |
| 2 | Latin | Pȳrēnaeus | Pyrenean |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Πῡρηναῖος | Pyrenean |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -αῖος | Suffix added to nouns or adjectives, forming adjectives: pertaining to, belonging to ("of") |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |