Where does “Babylon” come from?

Babylon comes from Latin Babylon, from Ancient Greek Βαβυλών, from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠, ultimately from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏.

Babylon (English): Any city of great wealth, luxury and vice

Definitions

  1. Any city of great wealth, luxury and vice

Ancestry of “Babylon”, step by step

Babylon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Babylōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinBabylōn—
2Ancient GreekΒαβυλώνBabylon
3AkkadianBābilimBabylon

via Old English Babilōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishBabilōn—

Words derived from “Babylon”

Every word from Akkadian Bābilim →Every word from Ancient Greek Βαβυλών →Every word from Latin Babylōn →