Where does “Croatian” come from?

Croatian derives from English Croat, from Latin Croāta, which took the suffix -ianus denoting belonging or relation, ultimately tracing through Latin -ius, -um, and -us to Proto-Indo-European -yós and -ós.

Croatian (English): of or pertaining to Croatia, the Croatian people...

Definitions

  1. of or pertaining to Croatia, the Croatian people...

Ancestry of “Croatian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCroatA native or inhabitant of Croatia; a person of...
2Medieval LatinCroata—
3Proto-SlavicxъrvatъCroat

Words derived from “Croatian”

Every word from Proto-Slavic xъrvatъ →Every word from Medieval Latin Croata →Every word from English Croat →