English
Nabeul
Nabeul comes from Arabic نَابِل, and goes back to Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις.
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453ΝεάπολιςNeápolis
- Arabicc. 500–presentنَابِلNābil
- Frenchc. 1600–presentNabeul
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453ΝεάπολιςNeápolis
- Arabicc. 500–presentنَابِلNābil
- Frenchc. 1600–presentNabeul
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of νέᾱ́ ‘new’ + πόλῐς ‘city, city-state’
Ancient Greek - ‘fortification’
Proto-Indo-European *tpólHis
Proto-Hellenic *ptólis ‘city’
Ancient Greek πόλῐς ‘city, city-state’
Every English word from Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις
Today it means
name A city on the Cap Bon Peninsula in Tunisia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις / Nabeul