Where does “mauricià” come from?

mauricià (Catalan) comes from Catalan Maurici, from Latin Mauritius, from Latin maurus, from French maure, from Middle French moré, from Old French More, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

mauricià (Catalan): Mauritian pertaining to Mauritius

Definitions

  1. Mauritian pertaining to Mauritius

Ancestry of “mauricià”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CatalanMaurici
2LatinMauritius
3LatinmaurusMoorish, North African
4FrenchmaureMoorish
5Middle FrenchmoréMoor (person of Berber descent)
6Old FrenchMore
7LatinMaurusOf or pertaining to the Moors; Moorish,...
8Ancient GreekΜαυρούσιοςan inhabitant of Mauretania; a Mauretanian
9Ancient Greek-ούσιοςforms relational adjectives: of or pertaining to
10Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
11Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ῐοςEvery word from Ancient Greek -ούσιος