The story
- Mi'kmaq · derived fromakadie“fertile land”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἈρκαδία“Arcadia”
- Italian · derived fromArcadia
- English todayAcadia
Two possibilities: * from Italian Arcadia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía, “Arcadia”), a place of rural peace in pastoral poetry * from Mi'kmaq akadie (“fertile land”)
Words from the same roots
Ancient GreekἈρκαδία all →
arcadiaarcadyArcadocypriot Greek
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.