Where does “Lithuanian” come from?

Lithuanian derives from English Lithuania, from Latin Lituania, from Lithuanian Lithuania, with the suffix -anus added in Latin to form the adjective.

Lithuanian (English): Referring to or coming from Lithuania; The main...

Definitions

  1. Referring to or coming from Lithuania; The main...

Ancestry of “Lithuanian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLithuania—
2Medieval LatinLīthuānia—
3Proto-SlavicLitъva—
4Old LithuanianLietuva—

Words derived from “Lithuanian”

Every word from Old Lithuanian Lietuva →Every word from Proto-Slavic Litъva →Every word from Medieval Latin Līthuānia →