English
Trieste
Trieste comes from Latin Tergeste, and goes back to Swedish torg ‘market, marketplace’.
- Swedishmoderntorg‘market, marketplace’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETergeste
- Italianc. 1300–presentTrieste
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
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- Swedishmoderntorg‘market, marketplace’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETergeste
- Italianc. 1300–presentTrieste
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Swedish torg
Today it means
name A province of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region, Italy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Swedish torg / Trieste