Where does “Olympia” come from?

Olympia (Finnish) comes from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Olympia (Finnish): Olympia city in ancient Greece

Definitions

  1. Olympia city in ancient Greece

Ancestry of “Olympia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekὈλυμπίαOlympia
2Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
3Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “Olympia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπία →