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Where does “Bascais” come from?

Bascais (Irish) comes from French Basque, from Latin vasco, from Latin Vascones, from Ancient Greek Οὐάσκωνες.

Ancestry of “Bascais”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchBasqueBasque
2LatinvascoVascon
3LatinVascones—
4Ancient GreekΟὐάσκωνες—
Every word from Ancient Greek Οὐάσκωνες →