Where does “Guinee” come from?
Guinee (Dutch) comes from French guinée, from English Guinea, from Portuguese Guiné, from English -ia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Ancestry of “Guinee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | guinée | guinea |
| 2 | English | Guinea | — |
| 3 | Portuguese | Guiné | Guinea |
| 4 | English | -ia | Used in forming names of countries, diseases,... |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |