English
Mycenae
Mycenae comes from Latin Mycenae, and goes back to Ancient Greek Μυκῆναι.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΜυκῆναι
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMycenae
- Englishearliest quotation 2000same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΜυκῆναι
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMycenae
- Englishearliest quotation 2000same form
Earliest quotation: 2000, Maureen Joan Alden, Well Built Mycenae: “The Prehistoric Cemetery at Mycenae provides our most coherent…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek Μυκῆναι
Today it means
name An ancient Greek city in the NE Peloponnesus on the plain of Argos, inhabited since about 4000 B.C.E.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Μυκῆναι / Mycenae