Where does “casiopeiu” come from?
casiopeiu (Romanian) comes from English cassiopeium, from English Cassiopeia, from Latin Cassiopēia, from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια.
casiopeiu (Romanian): cassiopeium
Definitions
- cassiopeium
Ancestry of “casiopeiu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cassiopeium | The original name of the element lutetium |
| 2 | English | Cassiopeia | Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon |
| 3 | Latin | Cassiopēia | Cassiopeia the proud wife of Ethiopian king Cepheus and mother of Andromeda |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Κασσιόπεια | — |