The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτρι-“tri-: three”
- Medieval Greek · derived fromΤρίπολις
- Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromتیرهبولی
- Turkish · borrowed fromTirebolu
- English todayTirebolu
From Turkish Tirebolu and Ottoman Turkish تیرهبولی (Tirebolu), from Medieval Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis), from Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “tri-: three”) + πολις (polis, “city, city-state”). Doublet of Tripoli and Tripolis.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekτρι- all →
tri-tripody
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.