Where does “Alicante” come from?
Alicante (Spanish) comes from Arabic اَلقَنْت, from Latin Lucentum, from Ancient Greek λευκός, from Proto-Hellenic *leukós.
Ancestry of “Alicante”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | اَلقَنْت | — |
| 2 | Latin | Lucentum | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λευκός | bright, shining, gleaming; light in color; white;... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *leukós | — |
Words derived from “Alicante”