English
Atlantic
Atlantic comes from Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός ‘Atlantean, of Atlas’, and goes back to Ἄτλᾱς.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἌτλᾱςÁtlās
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἈτλαντικόςAtlantikós‘Atlantean, of Atlas’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEĀ̆tlanticus
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Atlantyke
- Englishearliest quotation 1667Atlantic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἌτλᾱςÁtlās
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἈτλαντικόςAtlantikós‘Atlantean, of Atlas’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEĀ̆tlanticus
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Atlantyke
- Englishearliest quotation 1667Atlantic
Earliest quotation: 1667, John Milton, Book IX: “The Seav'n Atlantick sisters.”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- ‘bear, undergo, endure’
talent, toll, tolerance, tolerate, tolerant, atlas, tolerable, extol, toleration, tellurium, 18 more
Today it means
name The Atlantic Ocean.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ἄτλᾱς / Atlantic