Homs

The story

1. Aramaic · derived fromחֲמָת“hindrance, frustration, fortress”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἜμεσᾰ
3. Arabic · derived fromحِمْص
4. North Levantine Arabic · derived fromحمص
5. English todayHoms

From a variant romanization of North Levantine Arabic حمص (Ḥumṣ), from Arabic حِمْص (ḥimṣ), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἔμεσᾰ (Émesă), ultimately from Aramaic חֲמָת (Ḥamāth, “hindrance, frustration, fortress”) + צובָא (Ṣōwḇā, “near, surrounding, station”). Doublet of Emesa.

Words from the same roots