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Where does “Crimean” come from?

Crimean comes from English Crimea, from Italian Crimea, from Crimean Tatar Qırım, with the English adjectival suffix -an ultimately from Proto-Italic -os.

Crimean (English): Denoting, of, or related to Crimea, a peninsula...

Definitions

  1. Denoting, of, or related to Crimea, a peninsula...

Ancestry of “Crimean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCrimea—
2ItalianCrimea—
3Crimean Tatarqırım—
4RussianКрым—
Every word from Russian Крым →