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Where does “اسكندرون” come from?

اسكندرون (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic الْإِسْكَنْدَرُون, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος, from Ancient Greek ἀλέξω, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός, from Ancient Greek ἀνήρ, from Proto-Hellenic *anḗr.

Ancestry of “اسكندرون”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicالْإِسْكَنْدَرُون—
2Ancient GreekἈλεξάνδρεια—
3Ancient GreekἈλέξανδροςAlexander
4Ancient Greekἀλέξωto keep off, turn aside; to guard, protect,...
5Ancient Greekἀνδρόςgenitive singular of ἀνήρ; man; of man
6Ancient Greekἀνήρman; husband; human being, as opposed to a god
7Proto-Hellenic*anḗr—
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