Etymology

Agrigento

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Today it means: A province of Sicily, Italy. Full definition →

Italian Agrigento ← Latin Agrigentum ← Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἈκράγᾰντᾰ
  2. Latin · derived fromAgrigentum
  3. Italian · borrowed fromAgrigento
  4. English todayAgrigento

Borrowed from Italian Agrigento, from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akrágăntă), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”).

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