Etymology

Zacynthus

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Latin Zacynthus ← Ancient Greek Ζάκυνθος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΖάκυνθος
  2. Latin · borrowed fromZacynthus
  3. English todayZacynthus

Borrowed from Latin Zacynthus, from Ancient Greek Ζάκυνθος (Zákunthos).

Words from the same roots

LatinZacynthus all →

zante

Ancient GreekΖάκυνθος all →

zanteZakynthos

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.