Where does “سرقسطة” come from?
سرقسطة (Hijazi Arabic) comes from Arabic سَرَقُسْطَة, from Latin Caesaraugusta, from Latin augusta, from Latin Augustus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.
Ancestry of “سرقسطة”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | سَرَقُسْطَة | — |
| 2 | Latin | Caesaraugusta | the modern Zaragoza |
| 3 | Latin | augusta | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 4 | Latin | Augustus | venerable |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |