Where does “Samoan” come from?

Samoan comes from English Samoa, derived from Samoan Sāmoa, with the -an suffix from Spanish -ana, ultimately from Latin -anus and Proto-Italic -os.

Samoan (English): A person from Samoa or of Samoan descent; The...

Definitions

  1. A person from Samoa or of Samoan descent; The...

Ancestry of “Samoan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSamoaFormerly Western Samoa, and, before that, German Samoa. It is distinct from American Samoa
2SamoanSāmoa—
3Samoansāsacred

Words derived from “Samoan”

Every word from Samoan sā →Every word from Samoan Sāmoa →Every word from English Samoa →