The English word odyssey derives from the Greek story of Odysseus

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• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Odyssey is from Latin Odyssea, Greek Odysseia, the epic poem naming Odysseus’s ten-year wanderings — https://www.etymonline.com/word/odyssey; ‘Odyssey’ derives from the Greek title ‘Odusseia,’ meaning ‘the story of Odusseus’ — https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/23/entertainment/word-of-week-odyssey-cec; A word’s etymology can embed an entire origin story — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 946

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• Odyssey is from Latin Odyssea, Greek Odysseia, the epic poem naming Odysseus’s ten-year wanderings (similarity 0.96)
• ‘Odyssey’ derives from the Greek title ‘Odusseia,’ meaning ‘the story of Odusseus’ (similarity 0.96)