Etymology

Caesarea

Cae·sa·rea
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Today it means: A port city in Israel. Full definition →

Latin Caesarēa
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromCaesarēa
  2. English todayCaesarea

Learned borrowing from Latin Caesarēa. Both the Algerian and Turkish cities were named in honor of Augustus. Doublet of Kayseri and Cherchell.

Words from the same roots

LatinCaesarēa all →

jerseyKayseriCherchell

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.