Where does “Ἰσκαριώτης” come from?

Ἰσκαριώτης (Ancient Greek) comes from Latin sīcārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Ἰσκαριώτης (Ancient Greek): Iscariot, a byname of the biblical Judas, one of the apostles of Jesus of Nazareth in the gospels of the Christian Bible

Definitions

  1. Iscariot, a byname of the biblical Judas, one of the apostles of Jesus of Nazareth in the gospels of the Christian Bible

Ancestry of “Ἰσκαριώτης”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsīcāriusassassin, contract killer, murderer
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “Ἰσκαριώτης

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Latin sīcārius
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