Where does “Érythrée” come from?

Érythrée (French) comes from Latin Erythraea, from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθραία, from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθραῖος, from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθραί, from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός, from Proto-Hellenic *erutʰrós.

Ancestry of “Érythrée”, step by step

Érythrée traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Erythraea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinErythraeathe territory of Erythrae, Beotia
2Ancient GreekἘρυθραίαErythraea or Eritrea
3Ancient GreekἘρυθραῖος
4Ancient GreekἘρυθραίErythrae; Ildırı, Turkey
5Ancient Greekἐρυθρόςreddish, red
6Proto-Hellenic*erutʰrós

via Middle French erythree

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frencherythree
2Latinerythraeusreddish

Words derived from “Érythrée

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *erutʰrósEvery word from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρόςEvery word from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθραί