The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΠαλαιόπολις“Old Town”
- Latin · borrowed fromPalaepolis
- English todayPalaepolis
From Latin Palaepolis, from Ancient Greek Παλαιόπολις (Palaiópolis, “Old Town”), from παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”). Equivalent to palaeo- + -polis. Compare Old Town and old town.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.