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
1EnglishCrimeaThe Crimean Khanate, which for much of its history controlled most of the Crimean peninsula and various adjacent areas of the mainland
2ItalianCrimea—
3Crimean Tatarqırım—
4RussianКрым—
Every word from Russian Крым →Every word from Crimean Tatar qırım →Every word from Italian Crimea →