English
amazon
Amazon comes from the proper noun Amazon, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών, a word of uncertain, probably foreign origin.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἈμαζώνAmazṓn‘Amazon’
- English1500–presentAmazon
- Englishearliest quotation 2010amazon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἈμαζώνAmazṓn‘Amazon’
- English1500–presentAmazon
- Englishearliest quotation 2010amazon
Earliest quotation: 2010, G. P. Jelliss, Simple Chess Variants: “In Triple-guard promotion chess (GPJ) a pawn newly triple-guarded…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών
Today it means
noun A tall, strong, athletic woman.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών / amazon