Etymograph

English

Gabae

Gabae comes from Ancient Greek Γάβαι.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΓάβαιGábai
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEGabae
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΓάβαιGábai
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEGabae
  3. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Borrowed from Latin Gabae, from Ancient Greek Γάβαι (Gábai), probably from Old Persian *Gaba-.

Every English word from Ancient Greek Γάβαι

Another origin of Gabae

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΓαβαίGabaí
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEGabae
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Borrowed from Latin Gabae, from Ancient Greek Γαβαί (Gabaí), from Old Iranian; probably related to Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (gauua), 𐬔𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀 (gāuua, “a region near Sogdiana”) (attested as 𐬔𐬁𐬎𐬨 (gāum)).

Today it means

name An ancient Zoroastrian city in Persia, in modern Iran; modern Isfahan.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Γάβαι / Gabae

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