Where does “napolitan” come from?
napolitan (Romanian) comes from French napolitain, from Italian napoletano, from Latin neāpolītānus, from Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις, from Ancient Greek νέος, from Latin fēlēs, from Hungarian fél.
napolitan (Romanian): Neapolitan
Definitions
- Neapolitan
Ancestry of “napolitan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | napolitain | Neapolitan language |
| 2 | Italian | napoletano | Neapolitan |
| 3 | Latin | neāpolītānus | Neapolitan; of or belonging to Naples |
| 4 | Latin | Neāpolis | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Νεάπολις | Any one of various Greek and Hellenistic cities named Neapolis |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | νέος | young; youthful; new, fresh |
| 7 | Latin | fēlēs | cat |
| 8 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 10 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 11 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 12 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |