English
Hadrian
Hadrian comes from Latin Hadrianus ‘from the Roman harbor Hadria’, and goes back to Hadria ‘a city in Picenum, site of modern Atri’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHadria‘a city in Picenum, site of modern Atri’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEHadrianus‘from the Roman harbor Hadria’
- EnglishtodayHadrian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHadria‘a city in Picenum, site of modern Atri’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEHadrianus‘from the Roman harbor Hadria’
- EnglishtodayHadrian
The story
From the Latin Hadrianus (‘from the Roman harbor Hadria’), from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria), possibly from Venetic [script needed] (adur, “water”), related to English water, Latin unda and Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr), all from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.
Every English word from Latin Hadria
Today it means
name The Roman emperor Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Hadria / Hadrian