The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΜασσαλία
- Latin · derived fromMassilia
- Old French · derived fromMarseilles
- English todayMarseilles
From Old French Marseilles (nominative of Marseille), from Latin Massilia, Marsilia, from Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.