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Where does “Syrian” come from?

Syrian comes from English Syria with the Italian suffix -ana, from Latin Syria with the Latin suffix -anus, ultimately from Proto-Italic -os.

Syrian (English): Of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian...

Definitions

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian...

Ancestry of “Syrian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSyria—
2Middle EnglishSirie—
3LatinSȳria—
4Ancient GreekΣυρίαSyria
5Ancient GreekἈσσυρία—
6AkkadianAššūrāyu—
7AkkadianAššūr—

Words derived from “Syrian”

  • Syrianism
  • Syrianness
  • Syrianize
  • Syrianise
  • Syrianist
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