Where does “Sargon” come from?

Sargon (English) comes from Hebrew סַרְגוֹן, from Akkadian Šarrum-kīn, from Akkadian šarrum — king.

Sargon (English): An Akkadian emperor famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th and 23rd centuries BCE

Definitions

  1. An Akkadian emperor famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th and 23rd centuries BCE

Ancestry of “Sargon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewסַרְגוֹן—
2AkkadianŠarrum-kīnSargon of Akkad, Sargon the Great (the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire)
3Akkadianšarrumking

Words derived from “Sargon”

Every word from Akkadian šarrum →Every word from Akkadian Šarrum-kīn →Every word from Hebrew סַרְגוֹן →