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 Xaymaca →Every word from Spanish jamaica →Every word from English jamaica →