Etymology Explorer › Italian

Where does “Trieste” come from?

Trieste (Italian) comes from Latin Tergeste, from Illyrian Tergitio — merchant.

Ancestry of “Trieste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinTergeste—
2IllyrianTergitiomerchant

Words derived from “Trieste”

  • Trieste
  • triestino
  • triestinità
  • Trieste
  • triestino
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