Etymology

Sicily

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Today it means: The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily. Full definition →

Middle English Sicilie ← Old English Sicilia ← Latin Sicilia
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΣικελία
  2. Latin · derived fromSicilia
  3. Old English · derived fromSicilia
  4. Middle English · inherited fromSicilie
  5. English todaySicily

From Middle English Sicilie, Sicilye, from Old English Sicilia, from Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía), from Σίκελος (Síkelos, “Sicel”). Doublet of Sicilia.

Words from the same roots

LatinSicilia all →

Sicilia

Ancient GreekΣικελία all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.