Where does “Ανδόρα” come from?
Ανδόρα (Greek) comes from Catalan Andorra, from Basque andurrial, from Spanish andar, from Vulgar Latin and(i)tare, from Latin ambitare, from Latin adito, from Latin adeō, from Interlingua deo — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Ancestry of “Ανδόρα”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | Andorra | Andorran |
| 2 | Basque | andurrial | shrub-covered land |
| 3 | Spanish | andar | to walk, to go; to amble, to travel; to ride |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | and(i)tare | to go |
| 5 | Latin | ambitare | present active infinitive of *ambitō;... |
| 6 | Latin | adito | I go to or approach often; second-person singular... |
| 7 | Latin | adeō | so, thus, so much |
| 8 | Interlingua | deo | a god, deity |
| 9 | French | Dieu | God; to God |
| 10 | Middle French | Dieu | God Christian deity |
| 11 | Old French | deü | Alternative form of deu |
| 12 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 13 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 14 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |