Where does “Australasian” come from?
Australasian comes from English Australasia plus the Italian suffix -ana, from Spanish -ana, from Latin -anus, ultimately from Proto-Italic -os.
Australasian (English): Relating to Australia and its surrounding regions...
Definitions
- Relating to Australia and its surrounding regions...
Ancestry of “Australasian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Australasia | — |
| 2 | French | Australasie | — |
| 3 | Latin | australis | southern; Australian; the south pole |
| 4 | Latin | auster | The south wind; south |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *austeros | — |