What is the origin of the word zephyr?

Answer 1

My dictionary tells me this: From the late Old English Jefferey, denoting a personification of the west wind, via Latin from Greek zephuros '(god of) the west wind.'dates from the late 17th cent.

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The word "zephyr" originates from the Greek name, Zephyr, the West Wind. There were four chief winds in Greek Mythology, all ruled over by Aeolus, King of the Winds.

Boreas was the North Wind.

Zephyr was the West Wind.

Notus was the South Wind.

Eurus was the East Wind.