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Ptolemæus
Ptolemæus comes from Ancient Greek Πτολεμαῖος ‘warlike’, and goes back to πτόλεμος ‘battle, war’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπτόλεμος‘battle, war’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΠτολεμαῖοςPtolemaîos‘warlike’
- Englishearliest quotation 1874Ptolemæus
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπτόλεμος‘battle, war’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΠτολεμαῖοςPtolemaîos‘warlike’
- Englishearliest quotation 1874Ptolemæus
Earliest quotation: 1874, Walter Richard Cassels: “Since Tischendorf lays so much stress upon pseudo-Tertullian and…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek πτόλεμος
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Etymograph / Ancient Greek πτόλεμος / Ptolemæus