Where does “Mycenae” come from?

Mycenae is the English name for Ancient Greek Μυκῆναι, a Bronze Age palace complex in Greece whose etymology remains unknown.

Mycenae (English): An ancient Greek city in the NE Peloponnesus on the plain of Argos, inhabited since about 4000

Definitions

  1. An ancient Greek city in the NE Peloponnesus on the plain of Argos, inhabited since about 4000

Ancestry of “Mycenae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMycenaeA city of Argolis and dwelling of the mythical king Agamemnon
2Ancient GreekΜυκῆναιMycenae

Words derived from “Mycenae”

Every word from Ancient Greek Μυκῆναι →Every word from Latin Mycenae →