English
Gelibolu
Gelibolu comes from Ottoman Turkish گلیبولی, and goes back to Byzantine Greek Καλλίπολις.
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453ΚαλλίπολιςKallípolis
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928گلیبولیGelibolu
- Turkish1928–presentGelibolu
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453ΚαλλίπολιςKallípolis
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928گلیبولیGelibolu
- Turkish1928–presentGelibolu
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of κάλλος ‘beauty, beautiful’ + πόλις ‘city, city-state’
Proto-Indo-European *kal-wo-s
Ancient Greek κᾰλός ‘good, beautiful, noble’
Ancient Greek κάλλος ‘beauty, beautiful’
Ancient Greek - ‘fortification’
Proto-Indo-European *tpólHis
Proto-Hellenic *ptólis ‘city’
Ancient Greek πόλις ‘city, city-state’
Every English word from Byzantine Greek Καλλίπολις
Today it means
name A city on the Gallipoli Pensinsula in Turkey.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Byzantine Greek Καλλίπολις / Gelibolu