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Where does “Rumelian” come from?

Rumelian (English) comes from English Rumelia, from Ottoman Turkish روم‌ایلی, from Ottoman Turkish روم, from Arabic رُوم, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμανία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Rumelian (English): Of or from Rumelia; A native or inhabitant of...

Definitions

  1. Of or from Rumelia; A native or inhabitant of...

Ancestry of “Rumelian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRumelia—
2Ottoman Turkishروم‌ایلی—
3Ottoman Turkishروم—
4ArabicرُومByzantines
5Middle Persian𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬Rome; Byzantine
6Ancient GreekῬωμανία—
7Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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