Where does “tirà” come from?

tirà (Catalan) comes from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος — absolute ruler (originally applied to the Lydian king).

tirà (Catalan): tyrant

Definitions

  1. tyrant

Ancestry of “tirà”, step by step

tirà traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin tyrannus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintyrannusruler, monarch; tyrant, despot
2Ancient Greekτύραννοςabsolute ruler (originally applied to the Lydian king)

via Vulgar Latin *tīrāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*tīrāre—

Words derived from “tirà”

Every word from Ancient Greek τύραννος →Every word from Latin tyrannus →