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Where does “Bohemian” come from?

Bohemian comes from French bohémien, from Latin -ius and -um endings attached to roots ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European kōim- and gʷṓws.

Bohemian (English): A native or resident of Bohemia; The dialect of...

Definitions

  1. A native or resident of Bohemia; The dialect of...

Ancestry of “Bohemian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbohémiengypsy, Romani; Bohemian
2French-ienDenotes where something or someone is from; -ian;...
3Middle French-ien-ian
4Old French-ien-ian
5Latin-iānus—
6Latin-ānus—

Words derived from “Bohemian”

  • Bohemianism
  • bohunk
Every word from Latin -ānus →