English
Simferopol
Simferopol comes from Ukrainian Сімферо́поль, and goes back to Ancient Greek Συμφερούπολις.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΣυμφερούπολιςSumpheroúpolis
- UkrainianmodernСімферо́польSimferópolʹ
- Englishearliest quotation 1987Simferopol
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΣυμφερούπολιςSumpheroúpolis
- UkrainianmodernСімферо́польSimferópolʹ
- Englishearliest quotation 1987Simferopol
Earliest quotation: 1987, Victor E. Louis et al., Louis Motorist's Guide to the Soviet Union...: “... the Scythians came and on the site of…”
A compound of συμφέρων ‘to be useful’ + πόλις ‘city, city-state’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō ‘to bear’
Ancient Greek φέρω ‘to bring, carry’
Ancient Greek συμφέρω ‘to be useful’
Ancient Greek - ‘fortification’
Proto-Indo-European *tpólHis
Proto-Hellenic *ptólis ‘city’
Ancient Greek πόλις ‘city, city-state’
Every English word from Ancient Greek Συμφερούπολις
Today it means
name The capital city and raion of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine and capital city of the Republic of Crimea, Russia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Συμφερούπολις / Simferopol