Where does “Zaragoza” come from?
Zaragoza derives from Old Spanish Saragoça, from Latin Caesaraugusta, a city name combining Caesar and augustus, ultimately from Latin augeo meaning to increase, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-.
Ancestry of “Zaragoza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Zaragoza | — |
| 2 | Old Spanish | Saragoça | — |
| 3 | Arabic | سَرَقُسْطَة | — |
| 4 | Latin | Caesaraugusta | the modern Zaragoza |
| 5 | Latin | augusta | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 6 | Latin | Augustus | venerable |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |