Where does “Nicomedia” come from?
Nicomedia comes from Latin Nicomedia, from Ancient Greek Νικομήδεια, a city name of unknown ultimate origin.
Ancestry of “Nicomedia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Nīcomēdīa | Nicomedia capital city of Bithynia |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Νικομήδεια | Nicomedia |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Νικομήδης | Nicomedes |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μήδεα | counsel, plan, art, prudence, cunning; male... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέδω | to protect, rule over |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |