Where does “Guinea-Bissauan” come from?
Guinea-Bissauan (English) comes from English Guinea-Bissau, from English Guinea, from Portuguese Guiné, from English -ia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Guinea-Bissauan (English): Of or from Guinea-Bissau
Definitions
- Of or from Guinea-Bissau
Ancestry of “Guinea-Bissauan”, step by step
Guinea-Bissauan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Guinea-Bissau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Guinea-Bissau | — |
| 2 | English | Guinea | A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings |
| 3 | Portuguese | Guiné | Guinea |
| 4 | English | -ia | Used in forming names of countries, diseases,... |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |