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

Corsican traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Corsica

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCorsica—
2LatinCorsica—
3Ancient GreekΚορσίς—

via Romanian Corsica

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianCorsica—

Words derived from “Corsican”

Every word from Ancient Greek Κορσίς →Every word from Latin Corsica →Every word from English Corsica →