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Zephyrus

Today it means: The Ancient Greek god of the west wind, supposed to be the gentlest of the winds and the messenger of spring. His parents are Eos/Aurora and Astraeus, and his brothers are Boreas, Notus and Eurus, (the Anemoi), and the Astra Planeta. His wife is Chloris and their son is Karpos. His Roman counterpart is Favonius. Full definition →

Middle English Zeferus ← Latin zephyrus ← Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος

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Ancient Greek · derived fromΖέφυρος
Latin · derived fromzephyrus
Middle English · inherited fromZeferus
English todayZephyrus

From Middle English Zeferus, Zepherus, Zephirus, Zephyrus, from Latin zephyrus, from Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros). Doublet of zefir, zéphire, Zephyr, and zephyr.

Words from the same roots

Latinzephyrus all →

zephyrzephyrette

Ancient GreekΖέφυρος all →

zephyr

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.