Where does “մեգապոլիս” come from?
մեգապոլիս (Armenian) comes from Russian мегапо́лис, from Ancient Greek μέγας, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.
մեգապոլիս (Armenian): megalopolis, megacity
Ancestry of “մեգապոլիս”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | мегапо́лис | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μέγας | big, large; great, mighty, loud; marvelous,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂s | great |