Myth & LegendGreek → English
Titanic
/taɪˈtænɪk/
Of enormous size, strength, or scale.
The Greek roots
Τιτάν
Titán
a Titan
Literally: “like the Titans”
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The story of the word
The Titans were the colossal elder gods overthrown by the Olympians. Their name lends its weight to anything vast or immense.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
The bridge was a titanic feat of engineering.