August theme: Science Fiction 🤖

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android, Andromeda, Alexander, Nero, Andrew

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• Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr (adult/married) man

  • Proto-Albanian *nera

    • Old Albanian njer

      • Albanian njeri man
  • Hellenic *anḗr

    • Classical Greek ἀνήρ anḗr (adult) man, husband, mortal

      • Greek άνδρας ándras (adult) man, husband
      • Classical Greek ἀνδρο- andro-

        • English andro-

          • English android

            • English droid
        • Classical Greek Ᾰ̓νδρομέδᾱ Andromédā Rules-Men personal name

          • Greek Ανδρομέδα Androméda
          • Latin Andromeda

            • English Andromeda
        • Classical Greek ἀνδρόγυνος andrógunos

          • Latin androgynus

            • English androgynous
        • Classical Greek Ἀλέξανδρος Aléxandros Protector-Man, Protector-of-Men personal name, also epithet of each Hera and Paris ^[1]

          • Greek Αλέξανδρος Aléxandros
          • Latin Alexander

            • Central Romance

              • Italian Alessandro
            • Western Romance

              • French Alexandre
              • Spanish Alejandro
            • English Alexander
            • Irish Alastar
          • Persian اسكندر Eskandar

            • Arabic إِسْكَنْدَر ʾiskandar

              • Kurdish Îskenderê
              • Ottoman Turkish اسكندر İskender

                • Turkish İskender
          • Persian سكندر Sekandar

            • Hindi सिकंदर Sikandar
          • Old Church Slavonic Алеѯандръ Aleksandru

            • Romanian Alexandru
            • Russian Алекса́ндр Aleksándr
  • Indo-Iranian *Hnā́

    • Indo-Aryan

      • Sanskrit 𑀦𑀾 nṛ́ man, hero, chess piece
    • Iranian

      • Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬭 nar man
      • Northern Iranian

        • Scythian

          • Ossetian нӕл næl male, man
      • Pashto نر nar
      • Western Iranian

        • Old Persian

          • Persian نر nar male, masculine, stallion
  • Italic *ner

    • Latin Nero

      • English Nero
    • Oscan 𐌍𐌉𐌉𐌓 niir man, nobleman, leader
    • Umbrian 𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌚 nerf men attested only as acc. and dat. plurals
    • Italic

      • Latin neriōsus vigorous, energetic, firm, strict
  • Phrygian αναρ anar husband
  • Proto-Indo-European *h₂n̥rós manly

    • Anatolian

      • Hittite *innara-

        • Hittite 𒅔𒈾𒊏𒉿𒀭𒋫 innarawant- manliness, strength
      • Hieroglyphic Luwian 𒀭𒅈𒌝𒈪 ānnara manly, virile
      • Lydian 𐤫𐤵𐤭𐤮 nãrś
    • Proto-Armenian *aynr

      • Old Armenian այր ayr man, husband
    • Balto-Slavic

      • Lithuanian nóras will
      • Slavic *norvъ custom, manner

        • South Slavic

          • Old Church Slavonic нравъ nravŭ custom, habit

            • Russian нрав nrav character, temperament, custom, discipline
          • Serbo-Croatian на́рав nárav nature, character
          • Romanian nărav vice
        • West Slavic

          • Czech mrav mores, custom
          • Polish narów bad habit, vice
    • Celtic *neros heroic, hero

      • Brythonic

        • Welsh nêr hero
      • Celtiberian *Neroi ethnonym: Heroes?

        • Latin Neri

          • Western Romance

            • Spanish Terra de Soneira placename, Land of the Neri
    • Hellenic

      • Classical Greek ἀνδρεῖος andreîos manly, brave, strong, stubborn

        • Classical Greek Ἀνδρέας Andréas personal name ^[2]

          • Greek Ανδρέας Andréas
          • Armenian Անդրեաս Andreas
          • Coptic Ⲁⲛⲇⲣⲉⲁⲥ Andreas
          • Latin Andreas

            • Western Romance

              • French André
              • Italian Andrea

                • Korean 안드레아 Andeurea
              • Spanish Andrés
            • English Andrew
            • Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌰𐍃 Andraias
          • Old Church Slavonic Андреи Andrei

            • Romanian Andrei
            • Russian Андрей Andrej
            • Pali 𑀦𑀭 nara man

              • Khmer នរ nɔɔ man
              • Thai นร nɔɔ-rá man
            • Hindi नर nar man
    • Indo-Iranian *Hnáras

      • Indo-Aryan

        • Sanskrit 𑀦𑀭 nára man, husband, hero, chess piece
    • Proto-Indo-European *h₂nr̥tóm manliness

      • Celtic *nertom strength, power

        • Brythonic *nerθ strength, power

          • Welsh nerth strength, power
        • Old Irish nert power, strength

          • Irish neart strength, power, fortitude, by a large amount, power to remedy, ability
  • Proto-Indo-European *n̥-h₂nēr-yeh₂ (married)-man-less-ness

    • Proto-Armenian *ananiríya-

      • Old Armenian այրի ayri widow

        • Armenian այրի ayri widow

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Collected English words

andro-, android, droid, Andromeda, androgynous, Alexander, Nero, Andrew

Footnotes

1. ^

   The name Aléxandros spread primarily with respect to Alexander the Great.

   Not shown: variant forms developed in various languages, such as Alex, Alexa, Alexandra, Sasha, Xander, etc.

2. ^

   The name Andréas spread primarily with respect to St. Andrew the Apostle

   Not shown: variant forms developed in various languages, such as Anderson, Andrea, Andy, Dand, Dre, Drew, etc.