Where does “Upper Asia” come from?
Upper Asia (English) comes from English Asia, from Middle English Asia, from Latin Āsia, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 — northwest Anatolia.
Upper Asia (English): In classical antiquity, the part of Asia separated from Asia Minor by the river Kızılırmak/Halys
Definitions
- In classical antiquity, the part of Asia separated from Asia Minor by the river Kızılırmak/Halys
Ancestry of “Upper Asia”, step by step
Upper Asia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Asia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Asia | A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius |
| 2 | Middle English | Asia | — |
| 3 | Latin | Āsia | A kind of rye |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἀσία | Asia Minor; Asia; Asia |
| 5 | Mycenaean Greek | 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 | an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the... |
| 6 | Hittite | 𒀸𒋗𒉿 | northwest Anatolia |