atlas (bound or digital collection of maps) · atlas (top vertebra)
çekim: çoğul atlassen
köken: Apparently coined in Latin in this sense by Gerardus Mercator from the name of the mythological giant Atlas. Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἄτλας, Ἄτλαντος (Átlas, Átlantos)lbor. Polish atlant Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας, Ἄτλαντος (Átlas, Átlantos). Doublet of atlas.
köken: From Dutch atlas, 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”).
Etimoloji
Internationalism chiefly via German Atlas. First attested in 1692.