The story
- Biblical Hebrew · derived fromשֹׁמְרוֹן
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΣαμάρεια
- Latin · borrowed fromSamaria
- English todaySamaria
From Latin Samaria, from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), partial calque of Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (Šōmərôn). Attested in Akkadian as 𒆳𒊓𒈨𒊑𒈾 (Sāmerīna).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.