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Where does “Persépolis” come from?

Persépolis (Portuguese) comes from Latin Persēpolis, from Ancient Greek Περσέπολις, from Ancient Greek Πέρσης, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿, from Proto-Iranian párcuš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian párćuš, from Proto-Indo-European pérḱus — chest; rib.

Ancestry of “Persépolis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPersēpolis—
2Ancient GreekΠερσέπολις—
3Ancient GreekΠέρσηςa Persian
4Old Persian𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿a Persian
5Proto-Iranianpárcušrib
6Proto-Indo-Iranianpárćušrib
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpérḱuschest; rib
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