Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOne of the large bodies of water separating the continents. · The continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface. · Water belonging to an ocean. · An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.
Etymology tree substrateder. Ancient Greek Ὠκεᾰνός (Ōkeănós)der. Latin Ōceanusder. Old French occeanbor. Middle English *ocean, occean, occian, occyan English ocean From Middle English *ocean, occean, occian, occyan, from Old French occean (later reborrowed or reinforced by Middle French ocean), from Latin Ōceanus, originally from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”, a water deity). Displaced native Old English gārseċġ. Also commonly referred to as the ocean sea, the sea of ocean (compare Latin mare ōceanum; Old French mer oceane, occeanne mer). Compare Saterland Frisian Oceoan (“ocean”), West Frisian oseaan (“ocean”), Dutch oceaan (“ocean”), German Low German Ozeaan (“ocean”), German Ozean (“ocean”), Danish ocean (“ocean”), Swedish ocean (“ocean”), French océan (“ocean”), Italian oceano (“ocean”). Doublet of Oceanus/Okeanos.
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- Inherited-form mention*oceanenm
- Derivation mentionocceanfro
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- Derivation mentionŌceanusla
- Derivation mentionὨκεανόςgrc
- Non-cognate comparisongārseċġang
- Cognate mentionOceoanstq
- Cognate mentionoseaanfy
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- Cognate mentionOzeande
- Cognate mentionoceanda
- Cognate mentionoceansv
- Cognate mentionocéanfr
- Cognate mentionoceanoit
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