Etymology

Carthage

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Today it means: An ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia. Full definition →

Middle French Carthage ← Latin Carthāgō ← Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕
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  1. Etruscan · derived from*𐌂𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌆𐌀
  2. Phoenician · derived from𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕
  3. Latin · derived fromCarthāgō
  4. Middle French · borrowed fromCarthage
  5. English todayCarthage

From Middle French Carthage, from Latin Carthāgō, from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt), possibly via Etruscan *𐌂𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌆𐌀 (*carθaza), from 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”) + 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (ḥdšt, “new”) as distinguished from the colonists' mother city of Tyre. More at Carthāgō.

First known use, by meaning

  • 16th cent. An ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia.

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