Where does “Andorra” come from?
Andorra comes from Basque andurrial, derived from Spanish andar, which evolved from Vulgar Latin and(i)tare, ultimately tracing back through Latin ambitare and ambio to the prefix ambi-.
Ancestry of “Andorra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | Andorra | Andorran |
| 2 | Basque | andurrial | shrub-covered land |
| 3 | Spanish | andar | to walk, to go; to amble, to travel; to ride |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | and(i)tare | to go |
| 5 | Latin | ambitare | present active infinitive of *ambitō;... |
| 6 | Latin | adito | I go to or approach often; second-person singular... |
| 7 | Latin | adeō | so, thus, so much |
| 8 | Interlingua | deo | a god, deity |
| 9 | French | Dieu | God; to God |
| 10 | Middle French | Dieu | God Christian deity |
| 11 | Old French | deü | Alternative form of deu |
| 12 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 13 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 14 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |