Where does “Briton” come from?
Briton comes from Old French Breton, from Latin Britto, from Latin Brittania, the Roman name for the British Isles.
Briton (English): An inhabitant of Great Britain; A citizen of the...
Definitions
- An inhabitant of Great Britain; A citizen of the...
Ancestry of “Briton”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | Breton | Breton |
| 2 | Latin | britto | a Briton |
| 3 | Latin | Brittania | Britain |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Βρεττανία | the British Isles |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
Words derived from “Briton”