The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΣέλευκος“Seleucus”
- Medieval Greek · derived fromΣελεύκεια“Seleucia”
- Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromسلفكه
- Turkish · borrowed fromSilifke
- English todaySilifke
From Turkish Silifke and Ottoman Turkish سلفكه (Silifke), from Medieval Greek Σελεύκεια (Seleúkeia, “Seleucia”), from Ancient Greek Σέλευκος (Séleukos, “Seleucus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”) in honor of its founder Seleucus I Nicator. Doublet of Seleucia.
Words from the same roots
Ancient GreekΣέλευκος all →
Seleucus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.