Etymology

oneironaut

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Today it means: A person who explores dream worlds, usually associated with lucid dreaming. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ναύτης (naútēs) ← Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us ← English oneiro-
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekὄνᾰρ (ónăr)
  2. Ancient Greekὄνειρος (óneiros)
  3. Englishoneiro-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₂-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*néh₂us
  6. Ancient Greekναῦς (naûs)
  7. Ancient Greekναύτης (naútēs)
  8. English todayoneironaut

From oneiro- + -naut.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.