Anatolia

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀνατολή“sunrise, place from where the sun rises, the east”
2. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromAnatolia
3. English todayAnatolia

From Medieval Latin Anatolia, from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “sunrise, place from where the sun rises, the east”), from ἀνατέλλω (anatéllō, “I rise”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + τέλλω (téllō, “I perform, accomplish, rise”), because Anatolia was east of Greece.

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