Etymograph

English

Ionia

Ionia comes from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία, from Ἴων ‘Ionian’, and ultimately from ἰά ‘clamour, shout’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἰάiá‘clamour, shout’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἼων‘Ionian’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἸωνίαIōnía
  4. EnglishtodayIonia

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἰάiá‘clamour, shout’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἼων‘Ionian’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἸωνίαIōnía
  4. EnglishtodayIonia

Every English word from Ancient Greek ἰά

Today it means

name A former settlement in Anatolia, on the coast of the Aegean Sea; An Ancient Greek settlement on the west coast of Asia Minor inhabited by the Ionians, one of the four main Hellenic tribes.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἰά / Ionia

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