Etymograph

English

Hesperia

Hesperia comes from Ancient Greek Ἑσπερία.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἙσπερίαHespería
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHesperia
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἙσπερίαHespería
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHesperia
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name Literally "western land", a term poetically applied by Ancient Greeks to Italy and by Romans to the Iberian Peninsula and Western Africa.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ἑσπερία / Hesperia