Etymology

asclepiad

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Today it means: Any one of the children of Asclepius and Epione (or Aristodama). Full definition →

Latin Asclēpiadēs ← Ancient Greek Ἀσκληπιάδης
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Asclepiad · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἈσκληπιάδης
  2. Latin · borrowed fromAsclēpiadēs
  3. English todayAsclepiad

From Latin Asclēpiadēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκληπιάδης (Asklēpiádēs).

Asclepiad · noun2

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἈσκληπιάδειος
  2. Latin · borrowed fromAsclēpiadēus
  3. English todayAsclepiad

From Latin Asclēpiadēus, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκληπιάδειος (Asklēpiádeios), from Ἀσκληπιάδης (Asklēpiádēs) + -ειος (-eios).

Asclepiad · noun3

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀσκληπιάς
  2. Latin · derived fromasclēpias
  3. taxonomic name · borrowed fromAsclepias
  4. English todayAsclepiad

From Asclepiad-, the stem of the taxonomic name Asclepias, from Latin asclēpias (stem: asclēpiad-), from Ancient Greek ἀσκληπιάς (asklēpiás) (stem: ἀσκληπιάδ- (asklēpiád-)).

Words from the same roots

LatinAsclēpiadēs all →

Asclepiades

Ancient GreekἈσκληπιάδης all →

Asclepiades

taxonomic nameAsclepias all →

asclepias

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