Etymology

Sicel

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Today it means: A member of an Italic tribe who inhabited eastern Sicily during the Iron Age. Full definition →

Latin Siculi ← Ancient Greek Σικελός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΣικελός
  2. Latin · derived fromSiculi
  3. English todaySicel

From Latin Siculi, from Ancient Greek Σικελός (Sikelós). See also Sicily. Greek historians including Thucydides suggested Siculus, a legendary king and son of Italus, as the progenitor of the Sicels.

Words from the same roots

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