Samothrace

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΣαμοθρᾴκη“Samian Thrace”
2. Latin · borrowed fromSamothrācē
3. English todaySamothrace

From Latin Samothrācē, from Ancient Greek Σαμοθρᾴκη (Samothrāíkē, “Samian Thrace”), from Σᾰ́μος (Sắmos, “Samos”) + Θρᾴκη (Thrāíkē, “Thrace”), from the island's early Greek colonizers and the general ancient territory in which it lay.

Words from the same roots