Where does “Ἁδριανούπολις” come from?

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

Ἁδριανούπολις (Ancient Greek): Adrianople, Edirne

Definitions

  1. Adrianople, Edirne

Ancestry of “Ἁδριανούπολις”, step by step

Ἁδριανούπολις 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 Ἁδριανός

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekἉδριανόςHadrian
2LatinHadriānusname of the Roman Emperor Hadrian
3LatinHadriaa city in Picenum, site of modern {{w|Atri,...
4Etruscan𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀—

Words derived from “Ἁδριανούπολις”

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