Where does “Uruguayan” come from?

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

Uruguayan (English): A person from Uruguay or of Uruguayan descent;...

Definitions

  1. A person from Uruguay or of Uruguayan descent;...

Ancestry of “Uruguayan”, step by step

Uruguayan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Uruguay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUruguay—
2SpanishUruguayUruguay

via Swedish Uruguay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishUruguay—

Words derived from “Uruguayan”

Every word from Spanish Uruguay →Every word from English Uruguay →