Where does “sisifian” come from?

sisifian (Romanian) comes from Romanian Sisif, from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος, from Ancient Greek σοφός — clever, skillful, cunning, able; intelligent,...

sisifian (Romanian): Sisyphean

Definitions

  1. Sisyphean

Ancestry of “sisifian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianSisifSisyphus king doomed to roll a boulder up a hill in Hades
2Ancient GreekΣίσυφοςSisyphus
3Ancient Greekσοφόςclever, skillful, cunning, able; intelligent,...
Every word from Ancient Greek σοφός →Every word from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος →Every word from Romanian Sisif →