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
- a genus of jellyfish
Ancestry of “Cassiopea”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Cassiopeia | Proud 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 |
| 2 | Latin | Cassiopēia | Cassiopeia the proud wife of Ethiopian king Cepheus and mother of Andromeda |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Κασσιόπεια | — |