Where does “Maia” come from?
Maia (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese maiô, from French Maillot, from Italian maglia, from Old Occitan malha, from Latin macula, from French -is, from Old French -eiz, from Latin -icius — -y, -ic.
Maia (Portuguese): Maia daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes
Definitions
- Maia daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes
Ancestry of “Maia”, step by step
Maia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese maiô
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | maiô | maillot |
| 2 | French | Maillot | vest |
| 3 | Italian | maglia | stitch; link; mesh |
| 4 | Old Occitan | malha | — |
| 5 | Latin | macula | in a bad sense; in a neutral sense; ablative... |
| 6 | French | -is | Suffix forming the first-person singular present... |
| 7 | Old French | -eiz | — |
| 8 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 9 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |