Where does “oċean” come from?

oċean (Maltese) comes from Italian Oceano, from Latin Ōceanus, from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός — the great earth-encircling river; Oceanus, a...

oċean (Maltese): ocean

Definitions

  1. ocean

Ancestry of “oċean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianOceanoOceanus
2LatinŌceanus
3Ancient Greekὠκεανόςocean
4Ancient GreekὨκεανόςthe great earth-encircling river; Oceanus, a...
Every word from Ancient Greek ὨκεανόςEvery word from Ancient Greek ὠκεανόςEvery word from Latin Ōceanus