Where does “Tarsus” come from?

Tarsus comes from Latin Tarsus, from Ancient Greek Ταρσός, from Hittite sources of uncertain form and etymology.

Tarsus (English): an important center of Cilicia since antiquity

Definitions

  1. an important center of Cilicia since antiquity

Ancestry of “Tarsus”, step by step

Tarsus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Tarsus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinTarsusTarsus, Cilicia
2Ancient GreekΤαρσόςTarsus
3Proto-Finnictarša—

via New Latin tarsus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latintarsusflat part of the foot; foot
2Ancient Greekτᾰρσός—

Words derived from “Tarsus”

Every word from Proto-Finnic tarša →Every word from Ancient Greek Ταρσός →Every word from Latin Tarsus →