Where does “Chilean” come from?

Chilean derives from English Chile, from Italian -ana, from Spanish -ana, from Latin -anus, ultimately from Proto-Italic -os, a masculine suffix forming adjectives of origin or belonging.

Chilean (English): Of, from, or pertaining to the nation or culture...

Definitions

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to the nation or culture...

Ancestry of “Chilean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishChile—
2Spanishchilechili, chilli, chile; penis
3Quechuachiricold; frost, cold; a "cold" temperature or...
4Mapudungunchilliwhere the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus

Words derived from “Chilean”

Every word from Mapudungun chilli →Every word from Quechua chiri →Every word from Spanish chile →