Etymograph

English

Iberia

Iberia comes from Ancient Greek Ἰβηρία, and goes back to Ἴβηρ ‘Iberian’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἼβηρ‘Iberian’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἸβηρίαIbēría
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIberia
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2006same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἼβηρ‘Iberian’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἸβηρίαIbēría
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIberia
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2006same form

Earliest quotation: 2006, Edwin Black: “Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to…”

Every English word from Ancient Greek Ἴβηρ

Another origin of Iberia

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἼβηρ‘Iberian’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἸβηρίαIbēría
  3. EnglishtodayIberia

Today it means

name A peninsula and region of Europe south of the Pyrenees, consisting of Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ἴβηρ / Iberia

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