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- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*staējō
- Proto-Italic*staēō
- Proto-Italic*komstaēō
- Latincōnstō
- Latincōnstāns
- LatinCōnstāns /Cōnstantius
- LatinCōnstantīnus
- Ancient GreekΚωνστᾰντῑ́νου (Kōnstăntī́nou)
- Proto-Indo-European*tpelH-
- Proto-Hellenic*ptólis
- Ancient Greekπόλις (pólis)
- Koine GreekΚωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐς (Kōnstăntīnoúpolĭs)
- Late LatinCōnstantīnopolis
- Middle EnglishConstantinople
- English todayConstantinople
From Middle English Constantinople, ultimately from Late Latin Cōnstantīnopolis, from Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis, “City of Constantine”), after Roman emperor Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (also known as Constantine I, St. Constantine, and/or Constantine the Great).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.