From Greek 'labyrinthos' (maze) — the mythical maze built by Daedalus for the Minotaur, of pre-Greek origin.
Resembling a labyrinth; intricate and confusing.
From Greek 'labyrinthos' (a large building with intricate winding passages, a maze), via Latin 'labyrinthus' and French 'labyrinthe.' The word is pre-Greek — it does not derive from any Greek root — and is almost certainly borrowed from a pre-Hellenic Aegean language, probably the language of Minoan Crete. The most compelling etymology links it to the Lydian and Carian word 'labrys' (double-headed axe), a symbol of royal and religious power at Knossos. The palace at Knossos, with its hundreds of interconnected rooms, storage magazines, and processional corridors, may itself be the 'house of the double axe' — the labyrinth