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Where does “Britannia” come from?

Britannia (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek Βρεττανία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Britannia (Latin): Britain

Definitions

  1. Britain

Ancestry of “Britannia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΒρεττανία—
2Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
3Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “Britannia”

  • Britain
  • Britannic
  • Britannically
  • Britannia
  • britannicus
  • Britannia
  • britanniquement
  • britannique
  • Bretanha
  • britânico
  • 不列顛
  • britànic
  • Bretanya
  • ブリテン
  • Breteyn
  • Bryten
  • britanic
  • Bretaigne
  • בריטניה
  • ब्रिटेन
  • Brétangne
  • Bretanna
  • Pelekāne
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