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Where does “Corsican” come from?

Corsican derives from English Corsica, from Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική, with the adjectival suffix ultimately from Proto-Italic -os.

Corsican (English): of, from, or pertaining to Corsica, the Corsican...

Definitions

  1. of, from, or pertaining to Corsica, the Corsican...

Ancestry of “Corsican”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCorsica—
2LatinCorsica—
3Ancient GreekΚορσίς—
Every word from Ancient Greek Κορσίς →