Where does “neoellenico” come from?
neoellenico (Italian) comes from Italian ellenico, from Ancient Greek Ἑλληνικός, from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην, from Ancient Greek Ἑλλοί, from Ancient Greek ἕλλα, from Proto-Hellenic *héllā.
neoellenico (Italian): modern Greek
Ancestry of “neoellenico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | ellenico | Hellenic |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἑλληνικός | Hellenic, Greek; like the Greeks |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἕλλην | Greek, one who is from Greece or speaks Greek;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἑλλοί | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἕλλα | — |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *héllā | — |