Olympiad
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | Date: 1996
Olympiad period of four years between celebrations of the Olympic games (ancient Gr. festival). XVI. — F.
Olympiade or L.
Olympias,
-ad- — Gr.
Olumpiás, f.
Olúmpios, adj. of
O'lumpos lofty mountain in Thessaly, Greece, home of the gods in Gr. myth.; see
-AD.
So Olympian, Olympic XVI.
© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996.
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