Ancient Elements

a 1 ἀ Ancient Greek
Greek negative prefix.

a 5 अ Sanskrit
Sanskrit negative prefix.

á Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "river, stream, creek".

abbas ἀββᾶς Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman
Means "abbot, priest" in Greek and Latin, derived from Aramaic meaning "father".

ābhā आभा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "splendour, light".

abhaya अभय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "fearless".

abhijita अभिजित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "victorious".

abhilaṣa अभिलष Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "desire, wish".

abhinava अभिनव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "young, fresh".

abhiṣeka अभिषेक Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "anointing".

abu 𒀜 Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "father".

ac Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "oak".

accurro Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to rush, to hasten".

ackar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "field".

acutus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sharp".

ʿaḏa עָדָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to adorn" or "to pass by".

adal Old High German
Old High German word meaning "noble".

adamas ἀδάμας Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "unconquerable, unbreakable, adamant".

ʿaḏan עָדַן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to delight, to luxuriate".

adelphos ἀδελφός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "brother".

ādi आदि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "first, prime".

ʿaḏin עָדִין Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "delicate".

admiror Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to admire".

adnos ἀδνός Ancient Greek
Cretan Greek form of hagnos.

ʾaḏon אָדוֹן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "lord, master".

advocatus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "advocate, supporter".

æcer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "field".

æcermann Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ploughman".

áed Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "fire".

aeido ἀείδω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to sing, to chant".

ælf Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "elf".

aeneis Ancient Roman
Latin form of Aeneid.

ængle Anglo-Saxon
Old English name of the Germanic tribe the Angles.

æppel Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "apple".

æsc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ash tree".

æðele Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "noble".

aetos ἀετός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "eagle".

after Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "behind".

agan ἄγαν Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "very much".

agape ἀγάπη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "love".

agapetos ἀγαπητός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "beloved".

agathos ἀγαθός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "good".

agaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fear".

agellus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "little field".

ager Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "field, terrain, country".

aggju Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "edge, blade".

agi Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "awe, fear".

agil Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic element, probably a lengthened form of *agjō meaning "edge, blade".

agin Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic element, probably a lengthened form of *agjō meaning "edge, blade".

agjō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "edge, blade".

agnus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "lamb".

agoda агода Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "berry".

agora ἀγορά Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "assembly, marketplace".

agrios ἄγριος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wild".

agrom Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "battle, carnage".

ʾaḥ אָח Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "brother".

aha Old High German
Old High German word meaning "river, stream".

ʾaḥaḏ אָחַד Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word probably meaning "to unite".

ʾahav אָהַב Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to love".

ahsa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "axle".

aḫu 𒋀 Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "brother".

ahwō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "river".

aiks Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "oak".

ailidaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fire".

ainaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "one".

airmans 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "whole, great, immense".

airþa 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "earth, soil".

aiśvarya ऐश्वर्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "prosperity, wealth".

aiw Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "law, custom".

aiwaz 1 Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "eternity, age".

aiwaz 2 Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "law".

aiws 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "eternity, age".

aix αἴξ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "goat" and "wave". The genitive form is αἰγός (aigos).

aizō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "honour, respect".

ajaya अजय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "unconquered".

ajita अजित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "unconquered, invincible".

ākāśa आकाश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "open space, sky".

akh 𓄿𓐍 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "to be effective, to be useful".

akhila अखिल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "whole, complete, without a gap".

akker Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "field".

akouo ἀκούω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to hear, to listen".

akr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "field".

akraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "field".

akṣaya अक्षय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "undecaying, imperishable".

akṣi अक्षि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "eye".

ʿala עָלָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to ascend, to climb".

alb Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "elf".

alba Ancient Roman
Feminine form of albus, later acquiring the meaning "dawn" in Vulgar Latin.

Albanoi Ἀλβανόι Ancient Greek
Greek word referring to an ancient tribe of the Illyrians.

albaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "elf".

albus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "white".

ald Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "old".

aldaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "old".

aletheia ἀλήθεια Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "truth".

alexo ἀλέξω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to defend, to help".

alfr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "elf".

alh Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "temple, shelter".

alhs Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "temple, shelter".

aljaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "zeal".

aljaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "other, else".

aljis 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "other".

alke ἀλκή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "strength, prowess".

alkyon ἀλκυών Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "kingfisher".

all Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "all".

allaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "all".

alles Old High German
Old High German word meaning "other, else".

alljas Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "other, else".

allr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "all".

alls 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "all".

almr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "elm".

almus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "nourishing".

alnus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "alder tree".

alt Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "old".

altus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "high".

ʿam עַם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "people, nation, folk, kinsman".

amal Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic element, possibly referring to the Gothic dynasty of the Amali, possibly meaning "unceasing, vigorous, brave".

amala अमल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "clean, pure".

amals 𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic element, possibly referring to the royal dynasty of the Amali, possibly meaning "unceasing, vigorous, brave".

ʾamar אָמַר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to say, to speak".

amar 𒀫 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "calf".

amara अमर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "immortal, undying".

amarantus ἀμάραντος Ancient Roman
Latin word for the amaranth flower, which is derived from Greek ἀμάραντος (amarantos) meaning "unfading".

ambara अम्बर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "garment, sky".

ʾamets אָמֵץ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to strengthen".

amicus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "friend".

amita अमित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "immeasurable, infinite".

amor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "love".

amṛta अमृत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "immortal".

amygdala Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "almond".

an 2 𒀭 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "heaven, sky" and later "god, goddess".

an 3 Old Welsh
Old Welsh intensive prefix.

ʿana 1 עָנָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to answer".

ʿana 2 עָנָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be afflicted, to be depressed, to be humbled".

ana ἀνά Ancient Greek
Greek preposition meaning "up".

anado Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "zeal".

anadô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "breath, spirit".

ʿanan עָנָן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "cloud".

ānanda आनन्द Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "happiness, bliss".

ananta अनन्त Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "infinite, endless".

anatole ἀνατολή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sunrise".

anax ἄναξ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "master, lord".

andreios ἀνδρεῖος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "manly, masculine".

andros ἀνδρός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "of a man" (genitive form of aner).

aner ἀνήρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "man". The genitive form is ἀνδρός (andros).

angelica Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "angelic".

angelma ἄγγελμα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "news, message".

angelos ἄγγελος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "messenger", later acquiring the sense "angel".

angelus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "angel".

angil 1 Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word referring to the Germanic tribe the Angles (see Angel).

angil 2 Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "angel" (of Greek origin).

anglii Ancient Roman
Latin name of the Germanic tribe the Angles.

anīka अनीक Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "splendour, appearance, face, army".

aniketa अनिकेत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "homeless".

anīśa अनीश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "supreme, paramount, without a ruler".

aniśa अनिश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "nightless, sleepless".

anīta अनीत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "not guided".

añjali अञ्जलि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "salutation".

anker Old High German
Old High German word meaning "anchor" (of Latin origin).

ankh 2 𓂝𓈖𓐍 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "life".

aṅkita अङ्कित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "marked".

aṅkura अङ्कुर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sapling, sprout, shoot".

anne Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "alone, solitary".

annuntio Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to announce".

anô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ancestor".

ansetl Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hermitage".

ansi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "god".

anstiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "grace, love".

ansu Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "god".

ansuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "god".

anthos ἄνθος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "flower".

anti ἀντί Ancient Greek
Greek preposition meaning "against, opposed, compared to, like".

anto Old High German
Old High German word meaning "zeal".

anu 1 Old Norse (Hypothetical)
Old Norse word meaning "ancestor".

anu 2 अनु Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "under, down, away, after".

anuja अनुज Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "born later, younger".

anūpa अनूप Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "watery, near the water".

anupama अनुपम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "incomparable, matchless".

Anurādha अनुराध Sanskrit
Sanskrit word referring to a constellation in Hindu astrology.

aoide ἀοιδή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "song".

aparājita अपराजित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "unconquered".

aplaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "apple".

aplu Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "son, heir".

appel Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "apple".

aprilis Ancient Roman
Latin name of the fourth month of the year (originally the second).

apūrva अपूर्व Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "unpreceded, new".

aqua Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "water".

aquila Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "eagle".

ar 1 Old Welsh
Old Welsh prefix meaning "above, beyond".

ārātrika आरात्रिक Sanskrit
Sanskrit word referring to a ritual in which offerings of lamps or candles are made to various gods.

aravinda अरविन्द Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "lotus".

arbaidiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "work, labour".

arbeit Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "work".

arbor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "tree".

arcana अर्चन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "honouring, praising".

archos ἀρχός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "master".

ard Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "high".

ardiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "crop, produce".

arena Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sand".

arestos ἀρεστός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "pleasing".

arete ἀρετή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "virtue".

argant Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "silver".

argentum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "silver".

argyros ἄργυρος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "silver".

ʾari אֲרִי Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "lion".

ari 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "eagle".

ari 2 ἀρι Ancient Greek
Greek strengthening prefix meaning "most".

ari 3 अरि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "enemy".

arijit अरिजित् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "conquering enemies".

aristos ἄριστος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "best".

ariya 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 Old Persian
Old Persian word meaning "Aryan, noble".

arn Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "eagle".

arno Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "eagle".

arô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "eagle" (genitive *arniz).

arsis ἄρσις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "raising".

arth Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "bear (animal)".

artha अर्थ Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "goal, purpose, wealth, property".

artos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "bear (animal)".

ārya आर्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "Aryan, noble".

ʿasa עָשָׂה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to do, to make".

āśā आशा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "wish, desire, hope".

ašarēdu Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "preeminent".

asc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "ash tree".

ascia Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "axe".

ʾashar אָשַׁר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be happy, to be blessed".

ʾashya אָשְׁיָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "support, column, buttress".

asīman असीमन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "boundless, limitless".

āśiṣa आशिष Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "prayer, blessing".

ask Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "ash tree".

askaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ash tree".

áss Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "god", referring to one of the Æsir.

assumo Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to take up, to receive, to assume".

aster ἀστήρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "star".

aśvin अश्विन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "possessed of horses".

ʿaṯal עֲתַל Ancient Hebrew (Hypothetical)
Unattested Hebrew word possibly meaning "exalted".

aðal Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "nobility".

aþal Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "nobility".

aþalaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "noble".

aþals 𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌻𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "nobility".

aþn 𐌰𐌸𐌽 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "year".

aþnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "year".

ātman आत्मन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "soul, spirit, life".

atta 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "father".

atto Old High German
Old High German word meaning "father".

attô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "father".

aud Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "wealth, fortune".

audaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wealth, fortune".

auds 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "wealth, fortune".

aują Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wellness".

aujō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "island, wetland".

aura αὔρα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "breeze".

aurum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "gold".

austr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "east".

austrą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "east".

australis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "southern".

auðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wealth, fortune".

auxiliator Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "helper".

ʾav אָב Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "father".

ʿavaḏ עָבַד Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to serve, to work, to worship".

avalok अवलोक् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "to look down".

avanī अवनी Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "earth".

ave Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "greetings, salutations, hello".

avināśa अविनाश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "indestructible".

avorŭ аворъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "maple tree".

awahaimaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "maternal uncle".

awi Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic element of unknown meaning.

awǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "grandmother".

ayāna अयान Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "not moving, natural disposition".

ayana अयन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "path, progress, going".

ʿayin עַיִן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "eye".

ʾayyal אַיָּל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "deer, gazelle".

azaleos ἀζαλέος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "dry".

ʿazar עָזַר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to help".

azata 𐎠𐏀𐎠𐎫 Old Persian
Old Persian word meaning "free, noble".

ʿazaz עָזַז Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be strong".

ʾb Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "father".

baba 1 баба Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "grandmother, old woman".

badu Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Frankish word meaning "battle".

badwō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "battle".

bæc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "stream".

bæcere Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "baker".

bærnan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to burn".

bærnet Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "a burning".

baggi Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bundle, pack, bag".

bagmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beam, tree".

bah Old High German
Old High German word meaning "stream".

bairgo 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐍉 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "help, protection".

baiulus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "porter, carrier", later acquiring the meaning "manager, steward".

bakari Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "baker".

bakārijaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "baker".

bakiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "stream".

bakki Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bank, ridge".

bāla बाल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "young".

bala बल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "strength, might".

bald Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "bold, brave".

balneum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "bath".

balþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bold, brave".

ban Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bone".

bana בָּנָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to build".

banda 𒌉𒁕 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "young, wild, fierce".

bann Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "peak".