Where does “Paraguayan” come from?

Paraguayan comes from English Paraguay, from Italian -ana, from Spanish -ana, from Latin -anus, a masculine singular adjectival suffix derived from Latin -um and Latin -us, ultimately from Proto-Italic -os.

Paraguayan (English): A person from Paraguay or of Paraguayan descent;...

Definitions

  1. A person from Paraguay or of Paraguayan descent;...

Ancestry of “Paraguayan”, step by step

Paraguayan traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Paraguay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishParaguay—
2SpanishParaguaythe Paraguayan parrot
3Paraguayan GuaraníParaguay—

via Swedish Paraguay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishParaguay—

via Romanian Paraguay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianParaguay—

Words derived from “Paraguayan”

Every word from Paraguayan Guaraní Paraguay →Every word from Spanish Paraguay →Every word from English Paraguay →