Etymograph

English

Hydrus

Hydrus comes from Latin hydrus ‘water serpent’, and goes back to Ancient Greek Ὕδρα ‘Hydra’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὝδραHúdra‘Hydra’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhydrus‘water serpent’
  3. EnglishtodayHydrus

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὝδραHúdra‘Hydra’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhydrus‘water serpent’
  3. EnglishtodayHydrus

The story

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597.

Every English word from Ancient Greek Ὕδρα

Today it means

name A winter constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a small serpent. It lies between the constellations Mensa and Tucana. It is not to be confused with the constellation Hydra.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ὕδρα / Hydrus

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