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- Ancient Greek · derived fromΚῡρηνᾰῐ̈κός
- Latin · derived fromCȳrēnaicus
- English todayCyrenaic
From Latin Cȳrēnaicus, from Ancient Greek Κῡρηνᾰῐ̈κός (Kūrēnăĭ̈kós), from Κυρήνη (Kurḗnē, “Cyrene”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjective-forming suffix). Equivalent to Cyrene + -ic or a backformation from Cyrenaica.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.