Where does “Thūcȳdides” come from?
Thūcȳdides (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης, from Ancient Greek Θεός, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Thūcȳdides (Latin): A celebrated Greek historian
Definitions
- A celebrated Greek historian
Ancestry of “Thūcȳdides”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | Θουκυδίδης | in particular, the fifth century BC historian Thucydides |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Θεός | God |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |