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Where does “Nablus” come from?

Nablus comes from Arabic نَابُلُس, from Latin Neapolis, from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς meaning "new city," from πόλις meaning "city" and νέϝος meaning "new," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European néwos.

Ancestry of “Nablus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicنابلس—
2Arabicنَابُلُس—
3Ancient GreekΝεάπολις—
4Ancient Greekνέοςyoung; youthful; new, fresh
5Latinfēlēs—
6Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
7Proto-Uralicpidetall
8Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
9Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
10Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—
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