Etymograph

English

Secunderabad

Secunderabad comes from Hindi सिकंदराबाद, from सिकंदर ‘Sikandar Jah’, and ultimately from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓λέξᾰνδρος.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾸ̓λέξᾰνδρος
  2. Arabicc. 500–presentإسْكَنْدَر
  3. Classical Persianc. 900–presentسِکَنْدَر
  4. Hindic. 1500–presentसिकंदर‘Sikandar Jah’
  5. Hindi, derivedc. 1500–presentसिकंदराबादsikandrābād
  6. Urdumodernسِکَنْدَر آبادsikandar ābād
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1881Secunderabad

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾸ̓λέξᾰνδρος
  2. Arabicc. 500–presentإسْكَنْدَر
  3. Classical Persianc. 900–presentسِکَنْدَر
  4. Hindic. 1500–presentसिकंदर‘Sikandar Jah’
  5. Hindi, derivedc. 1500–presentसिकंदराबादsikandrābād
  6. Urdumodernسِکَنْدَر آبادsikandar ābād
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1881Secunderabad

Earliest quotation: 1881, International Congress of Medicine, Transactions of the 1st: “It was my fate to commence my career in…”

The story

From Urdu سِکَنْدَر آباد (sikandar ābād) / Hindi सिकंदराबाद (sikandrābād), named after Sikander Jah. The spelling was likely influenced by Latin secundus.

Every English word from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓λέξᾰνδρος

Today it means

name The twin city of Hyderabad Telangana, India.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓λέξᾰνδρος / Secunderabad

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