Where does “ビザンツ” come from?

ビザンツ (Japanese) comes from German Byzanz, from Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “ビザンツ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanByzanz
2LatinBȳzantium
3Ancient GreekΒυζάντιον
4Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ῐονEvery word from Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον