Where does “Messenie” come from?

Messenie (Middle French) comes from Latin Messenia, from Ancient Greek Μεσσηνία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Messenie (Middle French): Messenia

Definitions

  1. Messenia

Ancestry of “Messenie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMesseniaMessenia
2Ancient GreekΜεσσηνίαMessenia, Greece
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “Messenie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek Μεσσηνία →