The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμεγάλος
- Greek · borrowed fromΜεγαλόπολη
- English todayMegalopoli
Borrowed from Greek Μεγαλόπολη (Megalópoli), from Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos) (masculine singular nominative of μέγᾰς (mégăs, “great, large”)) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμεγάλος all →
megalo--megaly
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.