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Where does “Dacia” come from?

Dacia comes from Latin Dacia, derived from Latin Dania with the Latin suffix -ia, which derives from Ancient Greek -ία, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -h₂.

Ancestry of “Dacia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinDaciaDenmark; Dacia; greater Romania
2Ancient GreekΔάοι—

Words derived from “Dacia”

  • Dacian
  • Thraco-Dacian
  • Dacology
  • Dacological
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