Given name & surname · also French
Syracuse
“to feel ill”
Syracuse is a surname with more than one origin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Syracuse possibly goes back to Phoenician 𐤔𐤄𐤓𐤀𐤇, meaning “to feel ill.”
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Where it comes from
In one tradition, it goes back to a word meaning “to feel ill”.
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How it developed
Possibly from French Syracuse, from Latin Syrācūsae, from Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι, from Phoenician 𐤔𐤄𐤓𐤀𐤇 (“to feel ill”).
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Syracuse’s family of names
In English usage, Syracuse as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Sicilian form SARAGUSA. In English usage, Syracuse as a surname was borrowed from the Italian form SIRACUSA. In English usage, Syracuse as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with SIRAGUSA.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Syracuse has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
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Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 17
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