The story
- Aramaic · derived fromחֲמָת“hindrance, frustration, fortress”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἜμεσα
- Latin · borrowed fromEmesa
- English todayEmesa
From Latin Emesa, from Ancient Greek Ἔμεσα (Émesa), ultimately from Aramaic חֲמָת (Ḥamāth, “hindrance, frustration, fortress”) + צובָא (Ṣōwḇā, “near, surrounding, station”). Doublet of Homs.
Words from the same roots
Aramaicחֲמָת all →
Homs
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.