Etymograph

English

Ozymandias

Ozymandias comes from Ancient Greek Ὀσυμανδύας, and goes back to Egyptian wsr-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ.

  1. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEwsr-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ
  2. Demotic Egyptianmodernwsr-mꜣꜥ.t-rꜥ
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὈσυμανδύαςOsumandúas
  4. EnglishtodayOzymandias

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEwsr-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ
  2. Demotic Egyptianmodernwsr-mꜣꜥ.t-rꜥ
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὈσυμανδύαςOsumandúas
  4. EnglishtodayOzymandias

The story

Modern usage derives from the poem Ozymandias, about a proud king whose empire and memory have long since crumbled into obscurity, written by Percy Bysshe Shelley and inspired by Diodorus Siculus's description of a colossal statue in the Ramesseum.

Every English word from Egyptian wsr-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ

Today it means

noun A person once famous and respected who has since been utterly forgotten.

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

Etymograph / Egyptian wsr-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ / Ozymandias

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