Etymology

Chorasmian

Cho·ras·mi·an
C3H4O1R1A1S1M3I1A1N1

Today it means: of, from, or pertaining to Chorasmia Full definition →

English Chorasmia ← Latin Chorasmia ← Ancient Greek Χορασμία (Khorasmía)
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The story

  1. Old Persian*𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼- (*u-v-a-r-)
  2. Old Persian*𐏀𐎷𐎡- (*z-mi-i-)
  3. Old Persian𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-y)
  4. Old Persian𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š)
  5. Ancient GreekΧορασμία (Khorasmía)
  6. LatinChorasmia
  7. EnglishChorasmia
  8. English todayChorasmian

From Chorasmia + -an.

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