Etymograph

English

Taras

Taras comes from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΤάρᾱςTárās
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETaras
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΤάρᾱςTárās
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETaras
  3. Englishtodaysame form

The story

From Latin Taras, from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), of uncertain origin but probably Pre-Greek and related to Illyrian *darandos (‘oak’).uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain.

Every English word from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς

Another origin of Taras

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰreh₂gʰ-‘to confuse, agitate, disturb’uncertain
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEταράσσω‘to trouble, to agitate’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΤαράσιος
  4. UkrainianmodernТара́сTarás
  5. EnglishtodayTaras

Today it means

name Synonym of Tarentum, former name of Taranto: a city in Italy.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς / Taras

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