English
Neapolitan
Neapolitan comes from Latin Neāpolis, and goes back to Ancient Greek Νεάπολις.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΝεάπολιςliterally ‘new city’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CENeāpolis
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEneāpolītānus
- Englishearliest quotation 2010Neapolitan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΝεάπολιςliterally ‘new city’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CENeāpolis
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEneāpolītānus
- Englishearliest quotation 2010Neapolitan
Earliest quotation: 2010, Emily St. John Mandel, The Singer’s Gun: “It was a while before someone told him they…”
The story
From Latin neāpolītānus, from Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis, literally “new city”), a Greek city in modern Naples.
Linked words
through Latin Neāpolis
Today it means
adj Of, from or relating to the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Νεάπολις / Neapolitan