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Where does “Caesarea” come from?

Caesarea derives from Latin Caesarea, from Latin Caesar with the suffix Latin -eus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kéysero-.

Ancestry of “Caesarea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCaesarēa—
2Latin-eanominative feminine singular of -eus; nominative...
3Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
4Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
5Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “Caesarea”

  • Caesarean
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