Where does “Cassiopea” come from?

Cassiopea (Translingual) comes from English Cassiopeia, from Latin Cassiopēia, from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια.

Cassiopea (Translingual): a genus of jellyfish

Definitions

  1. a genus of jellyfish

Ancestry of “Cassiopea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCassiopeiaProud 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
2LatinCassiopēiaCassiopeia the proud wife of Ethiopian king Cepheus and mother of Andromeda
3Ancient GreekΚασσιόπεια—

Words derived from “Cassiopea”

Every word from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια →Every word from Latin Cassiopēia →Every word from English Cassiopeia →