Etymograph

English

Narcissus

Narcissus comes from Ancient Greek Νάρκισσος.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΝάρκισσοςNárkissos
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CENarcissus
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1982same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΝάρκισσοςNárkissos
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CENarcissus
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1982same form

Earliest quotation: 1982, Carl G. Vaught, The Quest for Wholeness: “At the beginning of his narrative, Ishmael mentions Narcissus,…”

Every English word from Ancient Greek Νάρκισσος

Today it means

name A youth who spurned the love of Echo and fell in love with his own reflection in a pool: in some versions of the myth, he drowned trying to reach it, while in others he sat fixated until a god took pity and transformed him into a flower.

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek Νάρκισσος / Narcissus

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