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Where does “Magellanic” come from?

Magellanic (English) comes from English Magellan, from New Latin Magellanus, from Portuguese Magalhães.

Magellanic (English): Of or pertaining to, or named from, Magellan, the...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to, or named from, Magellan, the...

Ancestry of “Magellanic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMagellan—
2New LatinMagellanus—
3PortugueseMagalhães—
Every word from Portuguese Magalhães →