The story
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
- Proto-Italic*kʷelō
- Latincolō
- Latincolōnus
- Latincolōnia
- Italiancolonia
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁rewdʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁rudʰrós
- Proto-Hellenic*erutʰrós
- Ancient Greekἐρυθρός (eruthrós)
- Ancient Greekἐρυθραῖος (eruthraîos)
- Latinerythraeus
- Italianeritreo
- Italianeritrea
- Italianla Colonia eritreaellip.
- Italian(l')Eritrea
- English todayEritrea
Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).
Words from the same roots
Latinerythraeus all →
Erythraean
Ancient Greekἐρυθρός all →
erythropoietinerythritolerythroniumErythraeanerythrinerythrochroismerythroleic aciderythromelalgia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.