Where does “Rhodesia” come from?

Rhodesia derives from Rhodes, the English name for the Greek island, via the Latin suffix -ia and Ancient Greek -ία, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -h₂.

Rhodesia (English): OS grid ref SK5680

Definitions

  1. OS grid ref SK5680

Ancestry of “Rhodesia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRhodesfor a person who lived near woodland clearings, or a habitational one for someone from a place so named
2FrenchRhodesRhodes island
3Latinrhodus—
4Ancient GreekῬόδοςRhodes, Dodecanese, Greece

Words derived from “Rhodesia”

Every word from Ancient Greek Ῥόδος →Every word from Latin rhodus →Every word from French Rhodes →