English
Palermitan
Palermitan comes from Latin Panormitānus ‘Panormitan’, from Ancient Greek ὅρμος ‘a cord, a chain, especially a necklace, a collar’, and ultimately from Proto-Hellenic *pánts.
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pántsreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπᾶςpâs‘all’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὅρμοςhórmos‘a cord, a chain, especially a necklace, a collar’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΠάνορμοςPánormos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPanormus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEPanormitānus‘Panormitan’
- Italianc. 1300–presentpalermitano
- EnglishtodayPalermitan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pántsreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπᾶςpâs‘all’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὅρμοςhórmos‘a cord, a chain, especially a necklace, a collar’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΠάνορμοςPánormos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPanormus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEPanormitānus‘Panormitan’
- Italianc. 1300–presentpalermitano
- EnglishtodayPalermitan
Equivalent to Palermo + -itan
Proto-Indo-European *sór-mos
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Latin Panormus
Arabic بَلَرْم
Sicilian Palermu
Italian Palermo
English Palermo
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’
food, company, father, pain, feed, pope, pattern, apparent, foster, fur, pastor, companion, penetration, papa, patriot, patron, fad, pasture, fodder, perpetrator, forage, accompaniment, ayr, padre, paternity, paternal, patrimony, patrician, perpetrate, panini, père, pav, pater, compere, pannier, 60 more
through Ancient Greek πᾶς ‘all’
Today it means
adj Of or relating to Palermo on the island of Sicily in Italy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *pánts / Palermitan