Etymology

pygmalion

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Today it means: One who acts as the legendary Greek sculptor Pygmalion (who was granted the wish of having life given to a sculpture of his which he fell deeply in love with). Full definition →

Ancient Greek Πυγμαλίων ← Phoenician 𐤐𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤕𐤍
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pygmalion · noun1

  1. Phoenician · derived from𐤉𐤕𐤍“to give”
  2. Phoenician · derived from𐤐𐤌𐤉“Pumay”
  3. Phoenician · derived from𐤐𐤌𐤉𐤉𐤕𐤍“Pumay has given”
  4. Phoenician · derived from𐤐𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤕𐤍
  5. Ancient Greek · derived fromΠυγμαλίων
  6. English todaypygmalion

From Pygmalion, from Ancient Greek Πυγμαλίων (Pugmalíōn), from Phoenician 𐤐𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤕𐤍 (pʿmytn /⁠puġ‘mayaton⁠/), from Phoenician 𐤐𐤌𐤉𐤉𐤕𐤍 (pmyytn /⁠pumayyaton⁠/, “Pumay has given”), from Phoenician 𐤐𐤌𐤉 (pmy, “Pumay”) + Phoenician 𐤉𐤕𐤍 (ytn /⁠yaton⁠/, “to give”).

Pygmalion · proper noun, noun2

  1. Phoenician · derived from𐤉𐤕𐤍“to give”
  2. Phoenician · derived from𐤐𐤌𐤉“Pumay”
  3. Phoenician · derived from𐤐𐤌𐤉𐤉𐤕𐤍“Pumay has given”
  4. Phoenician · derived from𐤐𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤕𐤍
  5. Ancient Greek · derived fromΠυγμαλίων
  6. English todayPygmalion

From Ancient Greek Πυγμαλίων (Pugmalíōn), from Phoenician 𐤐𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤕𐤍 (pʿmytn /⁠puġ‘mayaton⁠/), from Phoenician 𐤐𐤌𐤉𐤉𐤕𐤍 (pmyytn /⁠pumayyaton⁠/, “Pumay has given”), from Phoenician 𐤐𐤌𐤉 (pmy, “Pumay”) + Phoenician 𐤉𐤕𐤍 (ytn /⁠yaton⁠/, “to give”).

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