Etymology

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Today it means: Of or relating to an island or peninsula in Greece or the Hellenic sphere. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Κυπριώτης
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΚυπριώτης“Cypriot”
  2. English today-iot

Back-formation of Cypriot, from Ancient Greek Κυπριώτης (Kupriṓtēs, “Cypriot”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekΚυπριώτης all →

Cypriot

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.