Etymology

armenism

Ar·me·nism
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Today it means: A word or other feature originating in the Armenian language that has been borrowed by another language. Full definition →

English Armen- ← Latin Armenia ← Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓ρμενῐ́ᾱ (Ărmenĭ́ā)
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The story

  1. Old Persian𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (Armina)
  2. Ancient GreekᾸ̓ρμενῐ́ᾱ (Ărmenĭ́ā)
  3. LatinArmenia
  4. EnglishArmeniaclip.
  5. EnglishArmen-
  6. English todayArmenism

From Armen- + -ism.

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