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Where does “Olympias” come from?

Olympias (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπιάς, from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπῐ́ᾱ, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön — sound, voice.

Ancestry of “Olympias”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekὈλυμπιάςolympiad
2Ancient GreekὈλυμπῐ́ᾱOlympia
3Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
4Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
5Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
6Hungarianönyou
7Hungarianön-self-
8Turkishönfront
9Ottoman Turkishاوك—
10Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

Words derived from “Olympias”

  • Olympiad
  • Paralympiad
  • olympiadane
  • olimpiada
  • olympiade
  • olimpiada
  • olimpiade
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