Etymology

Achaemenes

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Today it means: The founder of the Achaemenid dynasty. Full definition →

Latin Achaemenes ← Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμένης ← Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁
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The story

  1. Old Persian · derived from𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἈχαιμένης
  3. Latin · borrowed fromAchaemenes
  4. English todayAchaemenes

Borrowed from Latin Achaemenes, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (Haxāmaniš). Doublet of Hakhamanish and Hakhamanesh.

Words from the same roots

Old Persian𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 all →

HakhamaneshHakhamaneshiHakhamanishHakhamanishi

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