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
- Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the...
Ancestry of “Palestinian”, step by step
Palestinian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Palestine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Palestine | A British colonial entity administering approximately the lands mentioned in definition 1 |
| 2 | Latin | Palaestīna | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Παλαιστίνη | Philistia and the surrounding region |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Παλαιστῑ́νη | — |
| 5 | Hebrew | פְּלֶשֶׁת | Philistia, land of the Philistines |
| 6 | Hebrew | פ־ל־ש | migrate, invade |
via Romanian Palestina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Palestina | — |
Words derived from “Palestinian”
- Palestinianism
- Palestinianization
- Palestinianness
- Pinglish
- Palestinianess
- un-Palestinian
- pro-Palestinian
- Palestinianize
- Palestinianise
- Palestinianist
- anti-Palestinian
- de-Palestinianize
- Afro-Palestinian
- Anglo-Palestinian
- mini-Palestinian
- pre-Palestinian
- pan-Palestinian
- Palestinkian
- Pallywood
- de-palestinianize
- palestinianize
- Palesimian
- Palestinianisation
- de-Palestinianise