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Sicile

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French

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Ancient Greek Σῐ́κελος (Sĭ́kelos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía)der.
Latin Sicilia
Middle French Sicile
French Sicile

    Inherited from Middle French Sicile, from Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía), from Σῐ́κελος (Sĭ́kelos, “Sicel”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

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    Proper noun

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    Sicile f

    1. Sicily (the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily)

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    • → Iranian Persian: سیسیل (sisil)

    See also

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    regions of Italy: régions d'Italieedit

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    Middle French

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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Ancient Greek Σῐ́κελος (Sĭ́kelos)
    Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
    Proto-Hellenic *-íā
    Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
    Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía)der.
    Latin Sicilia
    Middle French Sicile

      From Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía), from Σῐ́κελος (Sĭ́kelos, “Sicel”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

      Proper noun

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      Sicile f

      1. Sicily (the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily)
        • 1558, Giovanni Boccaccio, LE DECAMERON, page 923:
          Du temps que les Françoys furent chaſſez de Sicile, il y auoit à Palerme vn noſtre Florentin apoticaire, nommé Bernard Puccin, homme treſriche, lequel auoit d’vne ſiẽne femme vne ſeule fille fort belle, deſia preſte à marier.
          (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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