Etymograph

English

Sacaraucae

Sacaraucae comes from Ancient Greek Σακαραῦκαι.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΣακαραῦκαιSakaraûkai
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESacaraucae
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΣακαραῦκαιSakaraûkai
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESacaraucae
  3. Englishtodaysame form

The story

The form Sacarauli derives from Σακάραυλοι (Sakárauloi), a name that appears only in Strabo's Geographica. It is generally considered to have originated as a scribal corruption of the original phrase Σακαραῦκαι καὶ Αὐγαλοί (Sakaraûkai kaì Augaloí, “Sacaraucae and Augali”).

Every English word from Ancient Greek Σακαραῦκαι

Today it means

name An ancient Saka/Scythian tribe from Central Asia, known to have migrated into Bactria and later into Gandhara.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Σακαραῦκαι / Sacaraucae

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