Where does “เมโสโปเตเมีย” come from?
เมโสโปเตเมีย (Thai) comes from English Mesopotamia, from Latin Mesopotamia, from Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμία, from Ancient Greek μεσοποτάμιος, from Ancient Greek μέσος, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Ancestry of “เมโสโปเตเมีย”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mesopotamia | The Mandate for Mesopotamia, a League of Nations mandate from 1920 to 1932, entrusted to the United Kingdom, that was the precursor to the independent state of Iraq |
| 2 | Latin | Mesopotamia | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Μεσοποταμία | land between the rivers |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μεσοποτάμιος | between rivers |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέσος | middle of, between, amidst; half; of middle... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |