Where does “Medusa” come from?

Medusa (Translingual) comes from Latin Medusa, from Ancient Greek μέδουσα, from Ancient Greek μέδω, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

Medusa (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Medusa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMedusaMedusa a gorgon
2Ancient GreekμέδουσαMedusa
3Ancient Greekμέδωto protect, rule over
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “Medusa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Ancient Greek μέδω →