Where does “روم” come from?

روم (Arabic) comes from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμανία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

روم (Arabic): Byzantines; followers of the Greek Orthodox...

Definitions

  1. Byzantines; followers of the Greek Orthodox...

Ancestry of “روم”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persian𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬Rome; Byzantine
2Ancient GreekῬωμανίαByzantine Empire
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “روم”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek Ῥωμανία →