Where does “Tirano” come from?

Tirano (Esperanto) comes from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος — absolute ruler (originally applied to the Lydian king).

Tirano (Esperanto): tyrant

Definitions

  1. tyrant

Ancestry of “Tirano”, step by step

Tirano traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin tyrannus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintyrannusruler, monarch; tyrant, despot
2Ancient Greekτύραννοςabsolute ruler (originally applied to the Lydian king)

via Albanian Tiranë

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianTiranë—
2Proto-AlbanianTūrsanā—

Words derived from “Tirano”

Every word from Ancient Greek τύραννος →Every word from Latin tyrannus →