Where does “آسیا” come from?

آسیا (Classical Persian) comes from Arabic آسِيَا, from Ancient Greek Ἀσῐ́ᾱ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 — northwest Anatolia.

Ancestry of “آسیا”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicآسِيَا
2Ancient GreekἈσῐ́ᾱ
3Mycenaean Greek𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the...
4Hittite𒀸𒋗𒉿northwest Anatolia

Words derived from “آسیا

Every word from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿Every word from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀσῐ́ᾱ