Etymology

Sidon

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Today it means: Former name of Saïda: a city in Lebanon; a former city-state in Phoenicia. Full definition →

Latin Sidon ← Ancient Greek Σιδών ← Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍
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The story

  1. Phoenician · derived from𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΣιδών
  3. Latin · borrowed fromSidon
  4. English todaySidon

From Latin Sidon and Ancient Greek Σιδών (Sidṓn), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍 (ṣydwn).

Words from the same roots

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Saïda

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.