Alexandria

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂lek-
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂lékseti
3. Proto-Hellenic*aléksō
4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓λέξω (ăléxō)
5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂nḗr
6. Proto-Hellenic*anḗr
7. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νδρ- (ăndr-)
8. Ancient GreekᾸ̓λέξᾰνδρος (Ăléxăndros)
9. Ancient GreekἈλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia)
10. LatinAlexandrēa
11. LatinAlexandria
12. Old EnglishAlexandria
13. Middle EnglishAlexandria
14. English todayAlexandria

From Middle English Alexandria, from Old English Alexandria, from Latin Alexandrīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), initially chiefly places founded by Alexander the Great of Macedonia and subsequently usually with reference to Alexandria in Egypt, a major Hellenistic cultural center, center of early Christianity, and continuing major international port. Compare Antioch, Seleucia, and Ptolemais. Doublet of Kandahar, Iskenderun, Scandaroon, and Alexandretta.

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