Where does “Parthia” come from?

Parthia derives from Latin Parthia, from Ancient Greek Παρθία, formed with the Ancient Greek suffix -ῐ́ᾱ from Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺.

Ancestry of “Parthia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinParthia
2Ancient GreekΠαρθία
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “Parthia

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂
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