Etymology

Persic

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Today it means: Synonym of Persian. Full definition →

Latin Persicus ← Ancient Greek Περσικός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΠερσικός
  2. Latin · borrowed fromPersicus
  3. English todayPersic

Borrowed from Latin Persicus, from Ancient Greek Περσικός (Persikós), from Πέρσης (Pérsēs, “Persian”, noun) + -ικός (-ikós, adjective-forming suffix).

Words from the same roots

LatinPersicus all →

persipan

Ancient GreekΠερσικός all →

perse

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.