Where does “Albania” come from?

Albania derives from Ancient Greek Ἀλβανία, formed with the suffix Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ.

Albania (English): Caucasian Albania

Definitions

  1. Caucasian Albania

Ancestry of “Albania”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval LatinAlbaniaScotland
2Ancient GreekἈλβανία—
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “Albania”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀλβανία →