Etymology

Palestrina

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Today it means: A town in Rome, Lazio, Italy; ancient Praeneste. Full definition →

Italian Palestrina ← Latin Praeneste
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromPraeneste
  2. Italian · borrowed fromPalestrina
  3. English todayPalestrina

Borrowed from Italian Palestrina, ultimately from Latin Praeneste.

Words from the same roots

LatinPraeneste all →

Praeneste

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.