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Iapetus
2 English words descend from Latin
Iapetus
, most common first.
Iapetus
A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.
Japhetic
Of or pertaining to the supposed descendants of Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah in the Bible.