English
Tarsus
Tarsus comes from Hittite Tarsa.
- HittitemodernTarsa
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΤαρσόςTarsós
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETarsus
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- HittitemodernTarsa
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΤαρσόςTarsós
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETarsus
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Hittite Tarsa
Today it means
name A city in Mersin Province in southeastern Turkey, an important center of Cilicia since antiquity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hittite Tarsa / Tarsus