Where does “Caucasian” come from?

Caucasian derives from English Caucasus combined with the Latin adjectival suffix -ianus, itself from Latin -ius, -um, and -us, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European -yós and -ós via Proto-Italic -os.

Caucasian (English): Of, or relating to the Caucasus region or its...

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to the Caucasus region or its...

Ancestry of “Caucasian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCaucasusA mountain range in Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, on territory of Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, which includes the ranges of Greater Caucasus and Lesser Caucasus
2LatinCaucasusCaucasus
3Ancient GreekΚαύκασοςCaucasus
4Proto-Scythianxrohukäsiice-shining, white with snow

Words derived from “Caucasian”

Every word from Proto-Scythian xrohukäsi →Every word from Ancient Greek Καύκασος →Every word from Latin Caucasus →