Where does “Amazon” come from?

Amazon (Middle English) comes from Latin amazon, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

Ancestry of “Amazon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinamazonan Amazon
2Ancient GreekἈμαζώνAmazons, a nation of female warriors from western...
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “Amazon

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-
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