The story
- Biblical Hebrew · derived fromגִּרְגָּשִׁי
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΓεργεσαῖον
- Ecclesiastical Latin · derived fromGergeseum
- English todayGirgashite
From Ecclesiastical Latin Gergeseum, from Ancient Greek Γεργεσαῖον (Gergesaîon), from Biblical Hebrew גִּרְגָּשִׁי (girgāšî). Further etymology is unknown.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.