The story
- Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromΜακεδονία“Macedonia”
- English todayMacedonia
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía, “Macedonia”), from μακεδονία (makedonía, “highland”), from μακεδνός (makednós, “high, tall”). Doublet of macedoine.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.