Where does “occean” come from?
occean (Middle English) comes from Old French occean, from Latin Ōceanus, from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός — the great earth-encircling river; Oceanus, a...
occean (Middle English): A large sea believed to encircle the world's...
Definitions
- A large sea believed to encircle the world's...
Ancestry of “occean”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | occean | ocean |
| 2 | Latin | Ōceanus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὠκεανός | ocean |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ὠκεανός | the great earth-encircling river; Oceanus, a... |
Words derived from “occean”