Pelasgian
pronunciation
How to pronounce Pelasgian in British English:
UK [peˈlæzɡiən,-dʒiən]
How to pronounce Pelasgian in American English:
US [pəˈlæzdʒiən]
Word Origin
- Pelasgian
- late 15c., "of the Pelasgi," from Latin Pelasgius, from Greek Pelasgios "of the Pelasgi," from Pelasgoi "the Pelasgi," name of a prehistoric people of Greece and Asia Minor who occupied Greece before the Hellenes, probably originally *Pelag-skoi, literally "Sea-people" (see pelagic).