Where does “Echīnades” come from?
Echīnades (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek Ἐχινάδες, from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος, from Translingual Cactus, from Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος — the cardoon, "Cynara cardunculus"; the artichoke...
Echīnades (Latin): Echinades islands in the Ionian Sea
Definitions
- Echinades islands in the Ionian Sea
Ancestry of “Echīnades”, step by step
Echīnades traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek Ἐχινάδες
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | Ἐχινάδες | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἐχῖνος | hedgehog; sea urchin; shell of a sea urchin |
| 3 | Translingual | Cactus | obsolete genus of succulents |
| 4 | Latin | cactus | the cardoon, "Cynara cardunculus" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κάκτος | the cardoon, "Cynara cardunculus"; the artichoke... |
via Ancient Greek Ἐχῑνᾰ́δες
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | Ἐχῑνᾰ́δες | — |