The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*telh₂-“bear, undergo, endure”
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἈτλαντίς
- English todayAtlantis
From Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντίς (Atlantís), from Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Atlas”), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*telh₂- all →
atlanticatlastholetelluriantellurion
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.