English
Phanariote
Phanariote comes from Greek Φαναριώτης.
- Greek1453–presentΦαναριώτηςFanariótis
- Englishearliest quotation 2019Phanariote
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Greek1453–presentΦαναριώτηςFanariótis
- Englishearliest quotation 2019Phanariote
Earliest quotation: 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation: “For a little over a hundred years, from 1711…”
Every English word from Greek Φαναριώτης
Today it means
noun An inhabitant of Phanar, the historically Greek district of Constantinople; hence, a member of the Greek official class in the Ottoman Empire.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Greek Φαναριώτης / Phanariote