Where does “Bosphorus” come from?
Bosphorus (English) comes from Latin Bosphorus, from Ancient Greek Βόσπορος, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
Ancestry of “Bosphorus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Bosphorus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Βόσπορος | Bosporus |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |