The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπόλεμος“battle, war”
- grc-epc · derived fromπτόλεμος
- Koine Greek · borrowed fromΠτολεμᾱϊκός
- Latin · borrowed fromPtolemāicus
- English todayPtolemaic
Via Latin Ptolemāicus from Koine Greek Πτολεμᾱϊκός (Ptolemāïkós) from Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos), a proper name derived from Epic Greek πτόλεμος (ptólemos), variant of Ancient Greek πόλεμος (pólemos, “battle, war”); equivalent to Ptolemy + -ic.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπόλεμος all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.