English
Illyria
Illyria comes from Ancient Greek Ἰλλυρία.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἸλλυρίαIlluría
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIllyria
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἸλλυρίαIlluría
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIllyria
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
This is supported by the attestation of Hílurios by Plautus in Menaechmi (200s BC).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’
water, wet, wash, und, abundance, vodka, surround, abundant, hydro, redundant, otter, hydrate, vitriol, vitreous, aldehyde, hydride, vedra, inundate, undine, 44 more
Today it means
name A vaguely-defined geographic region in Southeastern Europe in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, approximately coincident with modern Albania.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ἰλλυρία / Illyria