Etymology

Syro-

Latin Syrus ← Ancient Greek Σύρος (Súros) ← Akkadian Aššūr
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The story

  1. AkkadianAššūr
  2. Ancient GreekΣύρος (Súros)
  3. LatinSyrus
  4. English todaySyro-

From Latin Syrus (“Syrian”) + English -o-.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.