Atlantid
/ætˈlæn.tɪd/noun
A female descendant of Atlas or, in classical myth, one of the daughters of Atlas.
Did you know?Atlantid is a learned classical formation from Atlas, the sky-bearing Titan, plus the Greek feminine patronymic suffix -id, used for the daughters or descendants of a named ancestor.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
Ἄτλας (Atlas)
“The Titan condemned to bear the heavens”
Classical Greek
Greek
Ἀτλαντίς (Atlantís)
“A female descendant of Atlas; also used as an adjective meaning "of Atlas"”
Latin
Latin
Atlantis / Atlantides
“Latinized forms referring to Atlas’s descendants or things connected with Atlas”
19th Century
English
Atlantid
“A literary and scholarly English form for a daughter or female descendant of Atlas”
Modern English
English
Atlantid
“A rare learned word referring to a female descendant of Atlas”