Where does “Great Britain” come from?

Great Britain (English) comes from Middle English Great Brittaigne.

Great Britain (English): England, Scotland and Wales in combination, to the exclusion of Northern Ireland

Definitions

  1. England, Scotland and Wales in combination, to the exclusion of Northern Ireland

Ancestry of “Great Britain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishGreat Brittaigne—

Words derived from “Great Britain”

Every word from Middle English Great Brittaigne →