Where does “Meccan” come from?

Meccan derives from English Mecca combined with the suffix -ana from Spanish, -anus from Latin, and -os from Proto-Italic, ultimately referring to something of or relating to the Islamic holy city.

Meccan (English): Of, or from, Mecca; Someone from Mecca

Definitions

  1. Of, or from, Mecca; Someone from Mecca

Ancestry of “Meccan”, step by step

Meccan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishān—
2Middle Englishāna, an indefinite article
3Old Englishānlonely; entirely alone, solitary, single; one
4Proto-West Germanicainone
5Proto-Germanicainazone; some
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via English Mecca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMeccaAny place considered to be a very important place...
2ArabicمَكَّةMecca

Words derived from “Meccan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →