Where does “Ơ-clít” come from?

Ơ-clít (Vietnamese) comes from French Euclide, from Latin Euclīdes, from Ancient Greek Εὐκλείδης, from Ancient Greek Εὐκλῆς, from Ancient Greek -κλῆς, from Ancient Greek -κλέης, from Ancient Greek κλέος, from Proto-Hellenic kléwos — to cover; to incline.

Ơ-clít (Vietnamese): Euclid

Definitions

  1. Euclid

Ancestry of “Ơ-clít”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchEuclideEuclid ancient Greek mathematician
2LatinEuclīdesEuclid
3Ancient GreekΕὐκλείδηςin particular, the mathematician Euclid
4Ancient GreekΕὐκλῆς
5Ancient Greek-κλῆςAn element found in given names
6Ancient Greek-κλέης
7Ancient Greekκλέοςrumour, report; good report, fame, glory; bad...
8Proto-Hellenickléwosfame
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱléwosfame
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlew-to hear
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱléwos
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