English
Nubian
Nubian comes from Medieval Latin Nubianus, and goes back to Koine Greek Νοῦβαι.
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEΝοῦβαιNoûbai
- Medieval LatinmodernNubianusby way of French nubien
- EnglishtodayNubian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEΝοῦβαιNoûbai
- Medieval LatinmodernNubianusby way of French nubien
- EnglishtodayNubian
Formed from Nubia + -an
Every English word from Koine Greek Νοῦβαι
Today it means
noun A person from the region of Nubia in modern Egypt and Sudan or a descendant of such a person.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Koine Greek Νοῦβαι / Nubian