Where does “Νέα Ορλεάνη” come from?
Νέα Ορλεάνη (Greek) comes from English New Orleans, from French La Nouvelle-Orléans, from French Orléans, from Old French Orliens, from Latin Aurelianus, from Latin Aurelius, from Latin aureus, from Latin aurum.
Ancestry of “Νέα Ορλεάνη”, step by step
Νέα Ορλεάνη traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English New Orleans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | New Orleans | which is coterminous with the city |
| 2 | French | La Nouvelle-Orléans | — |
| 3 | French | Orléans | Orleans; Philippe d’Orléans |
| 4 | Old French | Orliens | an Orléanais |
| 5 | Latin | Aurelianus | a member of the gens Aurelia |
| 6 | Latin | Aurelius | golden |
| 7 | Latin | aureus | Made of gold, golden; gilded; Of the color of... |
| 8 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 9 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 10 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 11 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 12 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 13 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
via Greek νέος
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | νέος | young, youthful; modern, new |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | νέος | young; youthful; new, fresh |
| 3 | Latin | fēlēs | cat |
| 4 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 6 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 8 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |