Etymology

Epirus

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Today it means: A historical region and ancient kingdom in Southeastern Europe, today split politically between northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania. Full definition →

Latin Ēpīrus ← Ancient Greek Ἤπειρος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἬπειρος“mainland”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromĒpīrus
  3. English todayEpirus

From Latin Ēpīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἤπειρος (Ḗpeiros, “mainland”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekἬπειρος all →

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