Etymology

Thule

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Today it means: A mythical location in Arctic The semi-legendary island of classical antiquity considered to represent the northernmost location in the inhabited world (the Ecumene). Full definition →

Classical Latin Thūlē ← Ancient Greek Θούλη ← Middle English Tīle
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Thule · proper noun1

  1. Old English · inherited fromThȳle
  2. Middle English · inherited fromTīle
  3. Ancient Greek · derived fromΘούλη
  4. Classical Latin · derived fromThūlē
  5. English todayThule

From Classical Latin Thūlē, Thȳlē, from Ancient Greek Θούλη (Thoúlē), Θῡ́λη (Thū́lē), of unknown origin, cognate with Middle English Tīle, Tȳle, from Old English Thȳle, Thīla, Thīle (variants of Þȳle) and Medieval Latin Tīle.

Thule · proper noun2

Clipping of Ultima Thule. Coined in January 2019 by the NASA team investigators of the New Horizons program (see quotations below).

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekΘούλη all →

ultima thule

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.