Where does “Palermo” come from?

Palermo, the capital of Sicily, derives from Italian Palermo, which comes from Arabic Paler'o or Palerm, possibly meaning "full harbor."

Ancestry of “Palermo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianPalermothe letter P in the [[Appendix:Italian spelling alphabet
2SicilianPalermu—
3Arabicبَلَرْم—
4LatinPanormus—
5Ancient GreekΠάνορμοςPanormus; Bandırma, Marmara, Turkey
6Ancient Greekπᾰν-every; all, every
7Ancient Greekπᾶςall, every, each; whole
8Proto-Hellenic*pánts—
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