Etymology

Chios

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Today it means: One of the Aegean islands of Greece. Full definition →

Latin Chios ← Ancient Greek Χίος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΧίος
  2. Latin · borrowed fromChios
  3. English todayChios

From Latin Chios, from Ancient Greek Χίος (Khíos).

Words from the same roots

LatinChios all →

chio

Ancient GreekΧίος all →

chio

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.