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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | آسِيَا | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἀσῐ́ᾱ | — |
| 3 | Mycenaean Greek | 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 | an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the... |
| 4 | Hittite | 𒀸𒋗𒉿 | northwest Anatolia |