Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text. · A bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc. on any given subject. · A detailed visual conspectus of something of great and multi-faceted complexity, with its elements splayed so as to be presented in as discrete a manner as possible whilst retaining a realistic view of the whole. · A family of coordinate charts that cover a manifold.
Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”), from τλῆναι (tlênai, “to suffer”, “to endure”, “to bear”). The sense referring to books of maps comes from the Atlas of Mercator, which he named thus in honor of Atlas, who was supposed to be skillful in astronomy and the doctrine of the sphere. The sense referring to the vertebra reflects that the spine carries the globe of the cranium (the neck carries the head).
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- Root classification mention*telh₂- (bear)ine-pro
- Borrowed-form mentionAtlasla
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