English
Izmir
Izmir comes from Ottoman Turkish ازمیر, and goes back to Byzantine Greek Σμύρνᾱ.
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453Σμύρνᾱ
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928ازمیرİzmir
- Turkish1928–presentİzmir
- Englishearliest quotation 2000Izmir
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453Σμύρνᾱ
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928ازمیرİzmir
- Turkish1928–presentİzmir
- Englishearliest quotation 2000Izmir
Earliest quotation: 2000, Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls: “One major problem in towns of all sizes is…”
Every English word from Byzantine Greek Σμύρνᾱ
Today it means
name A province and metropolitan municipality in western Anatolia in Turkey, along the Mediterranean coast.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Byzantine Greek Σμύρνᾱ / Izmir