Etymograph

English

Nausicaa

Nausicaa comes from Ancient Greek Ναυσικάα.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΝαυσικάαNausikáa
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CENausicaa
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1904–1906same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΝαυσικάαNausikáa
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CENausicaa
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1904–1906same form

Earliest quotation: 1904–1906, Joseph Conrad, New York: “But no catastrophe occurred. I lived to watch on…”

Today it means

name A princess who aids Odysseus.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ναυσικάα / Nausicaa