Where does “arena” come from?

arena (Neapolitan) comes from Latin arēna, from Latin harēna, from Latin hasena.

arena (Neapolitan): sand

Definitions

  1. sand

Ancestry of “arena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinarēna—
2Latinharēnasand
3Latinhasena—
Every word from Latin hasena →Every word from Latin harēna →Every word from Latin arēna →