Etymology

Alcyone

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Today it means: One of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Full definition →

Latin Alcyonē ← Ancient Greek Ἀλκυόνη ← Pre-Greek
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The story

  1. Pre-Greek · derived from
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀλκυών
  3. Ancient Greek · derived fromἈλκυόνη
  4. Latin · learned borrowing fromAlcyonē
  5. English todayAlcyone

Latin Alcyonē, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκυόνη (Alkuónē), from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn), which is considered to be of Pre-Greek origin.

Words from the same roots

LatinAlcyonē all →

Ancient GreekἈλκυόνη all →

Ancient Greekἀλκυών all →

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