Etymology

Kayseri

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Today it means: A province and metropolitan municipality in the Central Anatolia region, Turkey. Full definition →

Turkish Kayseri ← Ottoman Turkish قیصری ← Medieval Greek Καισάρεια
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromCaesarea
  2. Medieval Greek · derived fromΚαισάρεια
  3. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromقیصری
  4. Turkish · borrowed fromKayseri
  5. English todayKayseri

From Turkish Kayseri and Ottoman Turkish قیصری (Kayseri), from Medieval Greek Καισάρεια (Kaisáreia), from Latin Caesarea, from Caesar + -ea in honor of Augustus. Doublet of Caesarea and Cherchell.

Words from the same roots

LatinCaesarea all →

jerseyCaesareaCherchell

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