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Where does “peninsula” come from?

peninsula (Latin) comes from Latin paeninsula, from Latin insula, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

peninsula (Latin): Alternative form of paenīnsula

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of paenīnsula

Ancestry of “peninsula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpaeninsulapeninsula
2Latininsulaisland; insula, a residential or apartment block...
3Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
4Old Latinenin
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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