English
Haemimontus
Haemimontus comes from Latin Haemimontus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHaemimontus
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHaemimontus
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of Haemus + mons ‘mountain, mount’
Ancient Greek Ῥοδόπη ‘Rhodópē’
Ancient Greek Αἷμος
Latin Haemus
Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to stand out, to tower’
Proto-Indo-European *móntis
Proto-Italic *monts
Latin mons ‘mountain, mount’
Every English word from Latin Haemimontus
Today it means
name An ancient region and later former Roman province situated in the Balkans, mainly in what is now Bulgaria and Turkey.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Haemimontus / Haemimontus