Etymograph

English

Syrophoenician

From Syro- + Phoenician.

A compound of Syro- + Phoenician

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- ‘to strike down, slay’

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Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰónos ‘murder’

Ancient Greek φόνος ‘murder’

Ancient Greek φοινός ‘blood-red’

Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ

English Phoenician

Today it means

noun An inhabitant of the Phoenician part of Syria.

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

Etymograph / Syrophoenician