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this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2025
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According to Behind the Name Odysseus means "to hate." According to Etymonline an odessey came to mean a journey in 1889, presumably as a reference to Homer's story.
Modern thinking says an alternate etymology is more likely, but it certainly existed long before it took on the meaning from the story.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BD%88%CE%B4%CF%85%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%8D%CF%82#Ancient_Greek
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