Where does “Papuan” come from?

Papuan comes from English Papua, derived from Italian -ana, Spanish -ana, Latin -anus, Latin -anus, Latin -um, Latin -us, and Proto-Italic -os.

Papuan (English): From, or pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea;...

Definitions

  1. From, or pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea;...

Ancestry of “Papuan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPapuaThe southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, formerly administered as a separate territory to New Guinea
2MalayPapua—

Words derived from “Papuan”

Every word from Malay Papua →Every word from English Papua →