Where does “Canadian” come from?
Canadian derives from English Canada, from Latin -ianus, from Latin -ius, from Latin -um, from Latin -us, from Proto-Indo-European -yós, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós.
Canadian (English): Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its...
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- Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its...
Ancestry of “Canadian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cañada | A small canyon; a narrow valley or glen |
| 2 | Spanish | cañada | glen, gully, ravine |
| 3 | Spanish | -ada | Used with a stem to form the feminine singular... |
| 4 | Spanish | -ado | Suffix indicating the masculine singular past... |
| 5 | Old Spanish | -ado | forms the masculine singular past participle of regular |
| 6 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |