Where does “Malawian” come from?

Malawian derives from English Malawi, Italian -ana, Spanish -ana, Latin -anus, Latin -um, and Proto-Italic -os, forming an adjective denoting origin or relation to the country.

Malawian (English): A person from Malawi or of Malawian descent; Of,...

Definitions

  1. A person from Malawi or of Malawian descent; Of,...

Ancestry of “Malawian”, step by step

Malawian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Malawi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMalawi—
2Chichewamalaŵí—

via Romanian Malawi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianMalawi—
Every word from Chichewa malaŵí →Every word from English Malawi →