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.
Andorra (Catalan): Andorran
Definitions
- Andorran
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 | so, thus, so much |
| 7 | Interlingua | deo | a god, deity |
| 8 | French | Dieu | God; to God |
| 9 | Middle French | Dieu | God Christian deity |
| 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 |