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Where does “olimpiada” come from?

olimpiada (Spanish) comes from Latin Olympias, from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπιάς, from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπῐ́ᾱ, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön- — sound, voice.

olimpiada (Spanish): olympiad

Definitions

  1. olympiad

Ancestry of “olimpiada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinOlympias—
2Ancient GreekὈλυμπιάςolympiad
3Ancient GreekὈλυμπῐ́ᾱOlympia
4Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
5Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
6Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
7Hungarianönyou
8Hungarianön-self-
9Turkishönfront
10Ottoman Turkishاوك—
11Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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