Where does “gigant” come from?

gigant (Romanian) comes from Italian gigante, from Latin gigās, from Ancient Greek Γίγας, from Ancient Greek Γίγᾱς.

gigant (Romanian): giant

Definitions

  1. giant

Ancestry of “gigant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangigantegiant; huge, gigantic, colossal
2Latingigāsgiant
3Ancient GreekΓίγαςone of the Gigantes; a Gigas
4Ancient GreekΓίγᾱς—

Words derived from “gigant”

Every word from Ancient Greek Γίγᾱς →Every word from Ancient Greek Γίγας →Every word from Latin gigās →