Pelasgian

Meanings

Noun

An inhabitant of pre-Hellenic Greece.

Adjective

Of or pertaining to the Pelasgians.

Origin

From Ancient Greek Πελασγός -ian, presumably based on a Pre-Greek ethnonym. Compare Egyptian pwrꜣsꜣtj, an ethnonym listed as one of the Sea Peoples attacking Egypt around 1190 BCE.

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