Where does “Νικόπολις” come from?

Νικόπολις (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis, from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- — fortification, city.

Νικόπολις (Ancient Greek): city of victory

Definitions

  1. city of victory

Ancestry of “Νικόπολις”, step by step

Νικόπολις traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek πόλις

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπόλιςcity; a whole country, as dependent on and called...
2Proto-Hellenicptóliscity
3Proto-Indo-EuropeantpólHis—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeantpelH-fortification, city

via Ancient Greek Νῑ́κη

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΝῑ́κη—
2Ancient Greekνῑ́κηconquered; victory

Words derived from “Νικόπολις”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis →Every word from Proto-Hellenic ptólis →
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