abisme
Old French
proper noun
Definitions
- Hell
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *abyssimus, abyssus (bottomless pit, a bottomless gulf, abyss) derived from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (bottomless).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἄβυσσος
Gloss
bottomless
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abysm English
- abyssus English
- *abyssimus Latin
- abyssalis Latin
- abyssus Latin
- abisso Italian
- abysse French
- abîme French
- abisal Spanish, Castilian
- abismo Spanish, Castilian
- βυθός Ancient Greek
- ἄβυσσος Ancient Greek
- ἄβῠσσος Ancient Greek
- ἄβῠσσος, ἄβυσσος Ancient Greek
- *dʰewb- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰewbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- abismo Portuguese
- abime Middle English
- abissus Middle English
- abis Old Irish