Where does “Siculo-Punic” come from?
Siculo-Punic (English) comes from English Punic, from Latin pūnicus, from Latin poenicus, from Latin Poenus, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍, from Egyptian fnḫw, from Egyptian fnḫ — carpenter, woodcutter.
Siculo-Punic (English): Of or pertaining to the period of Carthaginian rule of Western Sicily
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to the period of Carthaginian rule of Western Sicily
Ancestry of “Siculo-Punic”, step by step
Siculo-Punic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Punic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Punic | Of or relating to ancient Carthage, its... |
| 2 | Latin | pūnicus | Punic, Carthaginian |
| 3 | Latin | poenicus | Phoenician |
| 4 | Latin | Poenus | Phoenician |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Φοῖνιξ | Phoenician; Carthaginian |
| 6 | Mycenaean Greek | 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 | date palm? |
| 7 | Egyptian | fnḫw | a people in Canaan or Syria, perhaps originally... |
| 8 | Egyptian | fnḫ | carpenter, woodcutter |
via Italian siculo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | siculo | Sicel; Sicilian |
| 2 | Italian | -o | Used with a stem to form a masculine singular... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |