Where does “Selinunte” come from?

Selinunte (English) comes from Italian Selinunte, from Latin Selinus, from Ancient Greek Σελινοῦς, from Ancient Greek σέλινον — celery.

Selinunte (English): An Ancient Greek city on the south-western coast of Sicily

Definitions

  1. An Ancient Greek city on the south-western coast of Sicily

Ancestry of “Selinunte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianSelinunteSelinunte
2LatinSelinusSelinunte
3Ancient GreekΣελινοῦςSelinus; Selinunte, Sicily, Italy
4Ancient Greekσέλινονcelery
Every word from Ancient Greek σέλινον →Every word from Ancient Greek Σελινοῦς →Every word from Latin Selinus →
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