Where does “Andorra” come from?
Andorra (Catalan) comes from Basque andurrial, from Spanish andar, from Vulgar Latin and(i)tare, from Latin ambitare, from Latin adito, from Latin adeō, from Interlingua deo, from French Dieu — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Ancestry of “Andorra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Basque | andurrial | shrub-covered land |
| 2 | Spanish | andar | to walk, to go; to amble, to travel; to ride |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | and(i)tare | to go |
| 4 | Latin | ambitare | present active infinitive of *ambitō;... |
| 5 | Latin | adito | I go to or approach often; second-person singular... |
| 6 | Latin | adeō | — |
| 7 | Interlingua | deo | — |
| 8 | French | Dieu | God; to God |
| 9 | Middle French | Dieu | — |
| 10 | Old French | deü | Alternative form of deu |
| 11 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 12 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 13 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
Words derived from “Andorra”