Etymology

Cambyses

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Today it means: An Old Persian male given name, particularly borne by Achaemenid kings of Persia. Full definition →

Latin Cambȳsēs ← Ancient Greek Καμβῡ́σης ← Old Persian 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹
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The story

  1. Old Persian · derived from𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΚαμβῡ́σης
  3. Latin · borrowed fromCambȳsēs
  4. English todayCambyses

From Latin Cambȳsēs, itself from Ancient Greek Καμβῡ́σης (Kambū́sēs), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 (k-b-u-ji-i-y /⁠Kaᵐbūjiyaʰ⁠/).

Words from the same roots

Old Persian𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 all →

Kambujiya

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.