Etymology

Hadrian

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Today it means: The Roman emperor Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus. Full definition →

Latin Hadrianus ← Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 ← Venetic [script needed]
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wódr̥
  2. Venetic · derived from[script needed]“water”
  3. Etruscan · derived from𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀
  4. Latin · borrowed fromHadrianus“from the Roman harbor Hadria”
  5. English todayHadrian

From the Latin Hadrianus (“from the Roman harbor Hadria”), from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria), possibly from Venetic [script needed] (adur, “water”), related to English water, Latin unda and Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr), all from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Doublet of Adrian. See Adria.

Words from the same roots

LatinHadrianus all →

Etruscan𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 all →

Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥ all →

waterAdriatic

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