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Where does “Yugo-” come from?

Yugo- (English) comes from English Yugoslavia, from Serbo-Croatian Jugòslāvija, from Serbo-Croatian Jugoslàvēn, from Serbo-Croatian jug, from Serbo-Croatian -ina, from Proto-Slavic -ina — Denominal, forming collectives denoting something...

Yugo- (English): Pertaining to Yugoslavia or the Yugoslavs

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to Yugoslavia or the Yugoslavs

Ancestry of “Yugo-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYugoslavia—
2Serbo-CroatianJugòslāvija—
3Serbo-CroatianJugoslàvēn—
4Serbo-Croatianjugsouth
5Serbo-Croatian-inaSuffix appended to words to create a feminine...
6Proto-Slavic-inaDenominal, forming collectives denoting something...

Words derived from “Yugo-”

  • Yugo-nostalgia
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