Where does “Alacant” come from?

Alacant (Catalan) comes from Latin Lucentum, from Ancient Greek λευκός, from Proto-Hellenic *leukós — white.

Ancestry of “Alacant”, step by step

Alacant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Lucentum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLucentumnow Alicante
2Ancient Greekλευκόςbright, shining, gleaming; light in color; white;...
3Proto-Hellenic*leukóswhite

via Latin Leukante

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLeukante—

Words derived from “Alacant”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *leukós →Every word from Ancient Greek λευκός →Every word from Latin Lucentum →