Where does “Phoenicia” come from?
Phoenicia (English) comes from Latin Phoenīcia, from Ancient Greek Φοινίκη, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍, from Egyptian fnḫw, from Egyptian fnḫ — carpenter, woodcutter.
Phoenicia (English): The land of city states of the Phoenicians which around 1000 BC was situated on the coast of present day Syria and Lebanon, and included the cities of Tyre and Sidon
Definitions
- The land of city states of the Phoenicians which around 1000 BC was situated on the coast of present day Syria and Lebanon, and included the cities of Tyre and Sidon
Ancestry of “Phoenicia”, step by step
Phoenicia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Phoenīcia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Phoenīcia | The star HD 192263 in the constellation Aquila |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Φοινίκη | Phoenicia |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Φοῖνιξ | Phoenician; Carthaginian |
| 4 | Mycenaean Greek | 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 | date palm? |
| 5 | Egyptian | fnḫw | a people in Canaan or Syria, perhaps originally... |
| 6 | Egyptian | fnḫ | carpenter, woodcutter |
via Latin Phoenice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Phoenice | Phoenicia |