Where does “Cambrian” come from?
Cambrian derives from English Cambria, from Latin Cambria, combined with the Spanish suffix -ana, ultimately from Latin -anus, which developed from Proto-Italic -os.
Cambrian (English): Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era;...
Definitions
- Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era;...
Ancestry of “Cambrian”, step by step
Cambrian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Cambria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Cambria | Wales |
| 2 | Latin | Cambria | Wales |
| 3 | Proto-Brythonic | kömrüɣ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Brythonic | kömroɣ | compatriot, comrade |
| 5 | Proto-Brythonic | brogos | country |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | mrogis | border, borderland, march, mark; region, country,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |
via French cambrien
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cambrien | Cambrian |