Etymograph

English

Sarmizegetusa

Sarmizegetusa may come from Latin Sarmizegetusa.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESarmizegetusadisputed
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESarmizegetusadisputed
  2. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Borrowed from Latin Sarmizegetusa, of Dacian origin and disputed meaning; see Sarmizegetusa.disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.

Today it means

name The capital and the military, religious and political centre of the Dacians prior to the wars with the Roman Empire, located among the Orăştie Mountains in present-day Romania.

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

Etymograph / Latin Sarmizegetusa / Sarmizegetusa