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Where does “auster” come from?

auster (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic *austeros.

auster (Latin): The south wind; south

Definitions

  1. The south wind; south

Ancestry of “auster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*austeros—

Words derived from “auster”

  • Australia
  • Australian
  • Oz
  • Auster
  • Ozzie
  • Austronesian
  • Austroasiatic
  • Australianness
  • Australiana
  • ostro
  • Australianist
  • Australianism
  • Australianise
  • Austronesianist
  • Australianese
  • austromancy
  • Austerian
  • Australianization
  • Ozploitation
  • un-Australian
  • Austroasiaticist
  • Australia Felix
  • Proto-Austronesian
  • austrine
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