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Where does “Nice” come from?

Nice (French) comes from Latin Nicaea, from Ancient Greek Νίκαια, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ancestry of “Nice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinNicaea—
2Ancient GreekΝίκαια—
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “Nice”

  • Nice
  • Niçois
  • niçois
  • Niçois
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