English
Enna
Enna comes from Latin Henna, and goes back to Ancient Greek Ἔννα.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἜννα
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHenna
- Italianc. 1300–presentEnna
- Englishearliest quotation 1922same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἜννα
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHenna
- Italianc. 1300–presentEnna
- Englishearliest quotation 1922same form
Earliest quotation: 1922, Eric Rücker Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance: “[…] she that was rapt by the Dark God…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- ‘winter’
gore, chimera, hibernation, goad, hibernate, ahimsa, 13 more
Today it means
name A city and comune, the capital of the province of Enna, Sicily, Italy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ἔννα / Enna