The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΜοῖραι“Moirae”
- English todayMoirae
From Ancient Greek Μοῖραι (Moîrai, “Moirae”), from μοῖρᾰ (moîră, “lot, destiny”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The Fates, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, the goddesses, who controlled every person's destiny by weaving the thread of life. Full definition →
From Ancient Greek Μοῖραι (Moîrai, “Moirae”), from μοῖρᾰ (moîră, “lot, destiny”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.