Etymology

Cuman

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Today it means: A member of a nomadic Turkic people of central Asia who ruled parts of Eurasia and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages. Full definition →

Medieval Latin Cumani ← Medieval Greek Κουμάνοι
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  1. Medieval Greek · derived fromΚουμάνοι
  2. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromCumani
  3. English todayCuman

From Medieval Latin Cumani, from Medieval Greek Κουμάνοι (Koumánoi), perhaps ultimately from the name of the Kuma River.

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