Where does “Месопотамия” come from?
Месопотамия (Kazakh) comes from Russian Месопотамия, from Latin Mesopotamia, from Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμία, from Ancient Greek μεσοποτάμιος, from Ancient Greek μέσος, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Ancestry of “Месопотамия”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | Месопотамия | — |
| 2 | Latin | Mesopotamia | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Μεσοποταμία | land between the rivers |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μεσοποτάμιος | between rivers |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέσος | middle of, between, amidst; half; of middle... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |