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Where does “Palestinian” come from?

Palestinian derives from English Palestine, from Latin -ianus, -ius, -um, and -us, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -yós and -ós through Proto-Italic -os.

Palestinian (English): Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the...

Definitions

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the...

Ancestry of “Palestinian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPalestine—
2LatinPalaestīna—
3Ancient GreekΠαλαιστίνηPhilistia and the surrounding region
4Ancient GreekΠαλαιστῑ́νη—
5HebrewפְּלֶשֶׁתPhilistia, land of the Philistines
6Hebrewפ־ל־שmigrate, invade

Words derived from “Palestinian”

  • Palestinianism
  • Palestinianization
  • Palestinianness
  • Palestinianist
  • anti-Palestinian
  • pan-Palestinian
  • de-Palestinianize
  • Afro-Palestinian
  • Anglo-Palestinian
  • mini-Palestinian
  • pre-Palestinian
  • pro-Palestinian
  • un-Palestinian
  • de-Palestinianise
  • Palestinianize
  • Palestinianise
  • Palestinianisation
  • Palestinkian
  • Palestinianess
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