Eritrea.
Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Meaning & usage
Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Italian colonia Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós Proto-Hellenic *erutʰrós Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós) Ancient Greek ἐρυθραῖος (eruthraîos)lbor. Latin erythraeus Italian eritreo Italian eritrea Italian la Colonia eritreaellip. Italian Eritrea First used as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).
Erythraea (a town in ancient Crete)
Where this word comes from
From Latin Erythraea, from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθραία (Eruthraía).
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