Where does “Olympia” come from?

Olympia comes from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπία, formed from Ancient Greek Ὄλυμπος with the suffix -ῐ́ᾱ.

Olympia (English): home of the ancient Olympic Games

Definitions

  1. home of the ancient Olympic Games

Ancestry of “Olympia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekὈλυμπίαOlympia
2Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
3Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “Olympia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπία →
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