Etymology

Chaldea

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Today it means: An ancient geographic region of West Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain. Full definition →

Latin Chaldaea ← Ancient Greek Χαλδαία
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΧαλδαία
  2. Latin · borrowed fromChaldaea
  3. English todayChaldea

From Latin Chaldaea, from Ancient Greek Χαλδαία (Khaldaía).

Words from the same roots

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Chaldee

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.