Etymology

chimerical

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to a chimera. Full definition →

Latin chimaera ← Ancient Greek χίμαιρα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχίμαιρα“she-goat”
  2. Latin · derived fromchimaera
  3. English todaychimerical

From chimera, from Latin chimaera, from Ancient Greek χίμαιρα (khímaira, “she-goat”). This term entered English in or around 1638.

Words from the same roots

Latinchimaera all →

chimerachimaera

Ancient Greekχίμαιρα all →

chimera

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.