Ganymede

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΓανυμήδης“meant to please”
2. Latin · derived fromGanymēdēs
3. French · borrowed fromGanymède
4. English todayGanymede

From French Ganymède, from Latin Ganymēdēs, from Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “meant to please”), from γάνυμαι (gánumai, “to rejoice, to be glad”) + μήδεα (mḗdea, “thought, intention”). Doublet of catamite.

Words from the same roots