English
Punic
Punic comes from Latin Pūnicus ‘Punic, Carthaginian’, and goes back to Mycenaean Greek po-ni-ki-jo.
- Mycenaean Greekmodernpo-ni-ki-jotransliteratedoriginal script po-ni-ki-jo, a transliteration
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΦοῖνιξPhoînix‘Carthaginian’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPoenus‘Carthaginian, a person from Carthage or its empire’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEPūnicus‘Punic, Carthaginian’
- EnglishtodayPunic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mycenaean Greekmodernpo-ni-ki-jotransliteratedoriginal script po-ni-ki-jo, a transliteration
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΦοῖνιξPhoînix‘Carthaginian’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPoenus‘Carthaginian, a person from Carthage or its empire’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEPūnicus‘Punic, Carthaginian’
- EnglishtodayPunic
Formed from Phoenician + -ic
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- ‘to strike down, slay’
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Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰónos ‘murder’
Ancient Greek φόνος ‘murder’
Ancient Greek φοινός ‘blood-red’
Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ
English Phoenician
Linked words
through Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ ‘Carthaginian’
Today it means
adj Of or relating to ancient Carthage, its inhabitants, or their language.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mycenaean Greek po-ni-ki-jo / Punic