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Where does “Odyssee” come from?

Odyssee (German) comes from Latin Odyssea, from Ancient Greek Ὀδύσσεια, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Odyssee (German): odyssey

Definitions

  1. odyssey

Ancestry of “Odyssee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinOdyssea—
2Ancient GreekὈδύσσεια—
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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