Where does “Suda” come from?

Suda comes from Latin Suda, derived from Ancient Greek Σοῦδᾰ, a word of unknown origin and meaning.

Suda (English): A comprehensive 10th-century Byzantine encyclopaedia, written in Greek, containing approximately 30,000 entries on historical, biographical, literary, and lexical topics from the ancient Mediterranean world

Definitions

  1. A comprehensive 10th-century Byzantine encyclopaedia, written in Greek, containing approximately 30,000 entries on historical, biographical, literary, and lexical topics from the ancient Mediterranean world

Ancestry of “Suda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSūdaSuda
2Byzantine GreekΣοῦδᾰ—
Every word from Byzantine Greek Σοῦδᾰ →Every word from Latin Sūda →