Etymology

Susa

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Today it means: An ancient city, which became the capital of Elam, the Persian Empire, the Seleucid Empire and the Parthian Empire, now known as Shush in modern-day Khuzestan Province, Iran. Full definition →

Latin Sūsa ← Ancient Greek Σοῦσα ← Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠
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The story

  1. Elamite · derived from𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗
  2. Old Persian · derived from𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠
  3. Ancient Greek · derived fromΣοῦσα
  4. Latin · borrowed fromSūsa
  5. English todaySusa

From Latin Sūsa, from Ancient Greek Σοῦσα (Soûsa), from Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (çūšā), from Elamite 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗 (šušen). Doublet of Sus and Shush.

Words from the same roots

Old Persian𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 all →

susshush

Elamite𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗 all →

susshush

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.