Etymograph

English

Molossia

Molossia comes from Ancient Greek Μολοσσῐ́ᾱ, and goes back to Μολοσσός ‘a Molossian’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΜολοσσός‘a Molossian’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΜολοσσῐ́ᾱMolossĭ́ā
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2011Molossia

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΜολοσσός‘a Molossian’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΜολοσσῐ́ᾱMolossĭ́ā
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2011Molossia

Earliest quotation: 2011, George S. Cuhaj, Thomas Michael: “X # 2 25 WESTARCTICAN DOLLARS Copper-Nickel, 39 mm.…”

The story

I liked the name “Molossia”, having seen it on the Internet referring to the ancient Molossian hounds. Adopting it I later discovered there was an Ancient Greek city-state named Molossia (demonstrating the importance of googling first). After some angry Greek journalists objected to the use of the name, I distanced our Molossia from the ancient Molossia. Now the meaning of the name officially is a corruption of the Hawaiian word Maluhia, which means serenity or peaceful.

Every English word from Ancient Greek Μολοσσός

Today it means

name A region of ancient Epirus, the territory of the Molossians.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Μολοσσός / Molossia

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