Where does “Izmir” come from?

Izmir comes from Ottoman Turkish إزمیر, from Greek Σμύρνη, from Ancient Greek Σμύρνη, a city on the Aegean coast.

Ancestry of “Izmir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishİzmirİzmir
2Ottoman Turkishازمیر—
3Byzantine GreekΣμύρνη—

Words derived from “Izmir”

Every word from Byzantine Greek Σμύρνη →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ازمیر →Every word from Turkish İzmir →