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Where does “dalmate” come from?

dalmate (French) comes from French Dalmatie, from Latin Dalmatia, from Latin Dalmatae, from Illyrian delme — sheep.

dalmate (French): Dalmatian

Definitions

  1. Dalmatian

Ancestry of “dalmate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchDalmatie—
2LatinDalmatia—
3LatinDalmatae—
4Illyriandelmesheep
Every word from Illyrian delme →