Etymology

Spartacus

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Today it means: A Thracian name, notably borne by a gladiator who was one of the slave leaders in a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Full definition →

Latin Spartacus ← Thracian *Spartakos
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The story

  1. Thracian · derived from*Spartakos
  2. Latin · learned borrowing fromSpartacus
  3. English todaySpartacus

Learned borrowing from Latin Spartacus, from Thracian *Spartakos.

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