Etymograph

English

Syriac

Syriac comes from Latin Syriacus ‘Syrian’, and goes back to Ancient Greek Συρία.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΣυρία
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΣυριακόςSuriakós‘Syrian’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESyriacus‘Syrian’
  4. EnglishtodaySyriac

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΣυρία
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΣυριακόςSuriakós‘Syrian’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESyriacus‘Syrian’
  4. EnglishtodaySyriac

The story

From Latin Syriacus (‘Syrian’), from Ancient Greek Συριακός (Suriakós, “Syrian”, adjective), from Συρία (Suría) [the Greek name for Aram, and probably based on the name Ἀσσυρία (Assuría, “Assyria”)] + -ακός (-akós).

Every English word from Ancient Greek Συρία

Today it means

name An Aramaic language, part of the Semitic language family, specifically: The language of the kingdom of Osroene.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Συρία / Syriac

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