Where does “olimpiadă” come from?

olimpiadă (Romanian) comes from French olympiade, from Old French olimpiade, from Latin Olympias, from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπιάς, from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπῐ́ᾱ, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt — sound, voice.

olimpiadă (Romanian): olympiad

Definitions

  1. olympiad

Ancestry of “olimpiadă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frencholympiadeolympiad; Olympiad
2Old Frencholimpiadeperiod of four years
3LatinOlympias
4Ancient GreekὈλυμπιάςolympiad
5Ancient GreekὈλυμπῐ́ᾱOlympia
6Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
7Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
8Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
9Hungarianönyou
10Hungarianön-self-
11Turkishönfront
12Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
13Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
Every word from Proto-Turkic ǖnEvery word from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ςEvery word from Hungarian ön-