Constantinopolis.
Constantinople (the former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that)
Meaning & usage
Constantinople (the former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Proto-Italic *komstaēō Latin cōnstō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -ans Latin cōnstānsder. Latin Cōnstāns /Cōnstantius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin Cōnstantīnusbor. Ancient Greek Κωνστᾰντῑ́νου (Kōnstăntī́nou) Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- Proto-Hellenic *ptólis Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis) Koine Greek Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐς (Kōnstăntīnoúpolĭs)bor. Latin Constantinopolis From Koine Greek Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐς (Kōnstăntīnoúpolĭs, “city of Constantine”), from Ancient Greek πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city”) + Κωνστᾰντῑ́νου (Kōnstăntī́nou, “of Constantine”), a name borrowed from Latin Cōnstantīnus, from cōnstāns (“constant, steadfast”).
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