Etymograph

English

Istria

Istria comes from Ancient Greek Ἱστρία.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἹστρίαHistría
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHistria
  3. EnglishtodayIstria

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἹστρίαHistría
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHistria
  3. EnglishtodayIstria

The story

From Latin Histria, from Ancient Greek Ἱστρία (Histría), named after Ἵστρων (Hístrōn) (ἔθνος (éthnos)), the ethnicon of the Illyrian/Venetic tribe of the Histri who inhabited the region. The name could itself be related to Hister, a Roman name for the Danube, from Ancient Greek Ἰστρίη (Istríē), the Dacian-Thracian name for the river god Danubius, a name meaning "swift," and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (‘to flow’). Also see Histria.

Every English word from Ancient Greek Ἱστρία

Today it means

name A peninsula in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, on the northeastern coast of the Adriatic Sea: The Istrian Peninsula.

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ἱστρία / Istria

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