Where does “Armenia” come from?
Armenia derives from Ancient Greek Ἀρμενία, which was borrowed from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴, a toponym referring to the historical region in Western Asia.
Ancestry of “Armenia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Armenia | Armenia |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἀρμενία | inflection of Ἀρμένιος :
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| 3 | Old Persian | 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 | — |
Words derived from “Armenia”