Sebastia

The story

1. Latin · derived fromAugustus
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΣεβαστός
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromΣεβαστεία
4. Latin · borrowed fromSebastia
5. English todaySebastia

From Latin Sebastia, from Ancient Greek Σεβαστεία (Sebasteía), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός (Sebastós) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), from σεβᾰστός (sebăstós, “venerable, august”) used as a calque of Latin Augustus. Doublet of Sivas.

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