isthme

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti

Proto-Hellenic *éimi

Ancient Greek εἶμῐ (eîmĭ)

Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (ĭsthmós)bor.

Latin isthmuslbor.

French isthme

Learned borrowing from Latin isthmus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἰσθμός (isthmós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ism/ ~ /izm/, /istm/

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Noun

isthme m (plural isthmes)

1. (geography) isthmus

Descendants

• → Polish: istm (learned)

Further reading

• “isthme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Latin

Noun

isthme

1. vocative singular of isthmus