English
amazone
Amazone comes from French amazone ‘Amazon’, and goes back to Ancient Greek μᾰστός ‘breast’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμᾰστόςmazósas μαζός‘breast’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEᾸ̓μᾰζών‘Amazons, a mythical nation of female warriors from western Scythia’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEAmāzōnas Amāzones‘an Amazon’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentamazone‘Amazon’
- Englishearliest quotation 1857same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμᾰστόςmazósas μαζός‘breast’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEᾸ̓μᾰζών‘Amazons, a mythical nation of female warriors from western Scythia’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEAmāzōnas Amāzones‘an Amazon’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentamazone‘Amazon’
- Englishearliest quotation 1857same form
Earliest quotation: 1857, Alexis Soyer: “Miss Nightingale was attired simply in a genteel amazone…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek μᾰστός
Today it means
noun A woman's riding habit.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek μᾰστός / amazone