Where does “Jamaican” come from?

Jamaican derives from English Jamaica, from Italian -ana, from Spanish -ana, from Latin -anus, a suffix forming adjectives of origin or relation.

Jamaican (English): A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent; The...

Definitions

  1. A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent; The...

Ancestry of “Jamaican”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishjamaicaroselle
2Spanishjamaicaroselle
3TaínoXaymacaland of wood and water

Words derived from “Jamaican

Every word from Taíno XaymacaEvery word from Spanish jamaicaEvery word from English jamaica