The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΝεᾱ́πολῐς
- Latin · derived fromneāpolītānus
- French · derived fromnapolitain“Neapolitan”
- English todaynaporitan
Borrowed from Japanese ナポリタン (naporitan), from French napolitain (“Neapolitan”), from Latin neāpolītānus, from Neāpolis (“Naples”), from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polĭs). Doublet of Neapolitan.
Words from the same roots
Latinneāpolītānus all →
neapolitan
Ancient GreekΝεᾱ́πολῐς all →
NaplesNapoli
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.