Where does “Australasia” come from?

Australasia (English) comes from French Australasie, from Latin australis, from Latin auster, from Proto-Italic *austeros.

Ancestry of “Australasia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchAustralasie—
2Latinaustralissouthern; Australian; the south pole
3LatinausterThe south wind; south
4Proto-Italic*austeros—

Words derived from “Australasia”

Every word from Proto-Italic *austeros →Every word from Latin auster →Every word from Latin australis →