Etymology

Eretria

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Today it means: A town in Euboea, Greece, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow South Euboean Gulf. It was an important polis in the 6th/5th century BC. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Ἐρέτρῐᾰ (Erétrĭă) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-t-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁reh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁reh₁-t-
  3. Ancient Greekἐρέτης (erétēs)
  4. Ancient GreekἘρέτρῐᾰ (Erétrĭă)
  5. English todayEretria

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρέτρῐᾰ (Erétrĭă, literally “city of the rowers”), from ἐρέτης (erétēs, “rower”) + -τρῐᾰ (-trĭă).

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