Etymograph

English

Perse

Perse comes from Ancient Greek Πέρση.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΠέρσηPérsē
  2. EnglishtodayPerse

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΠέρσηPérsē
  2. EnglishtodayPerse

The story

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πέρση (Pérsē), literally "destroyer", from the verb πέρθω (pérthō, “to destroy”).

Every English word from Ancient Greek Πέρση

Today it means

name An Oceanid, (one of the three thousand daughters of the Titans' Oceanus and Tethys), and the wife of the sun god, Helios, by whom she is the mother of Aeetes, Perses, Pasiphae, and Circe. One of her many sisters is Amphitrite, (the wife of Poseidon). Perse is also closely identified with Hecate.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Πέρση / Perse

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