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
- Alternative form of paenīnsula
Ancestry of “peninsula”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | paeninsula | peninsula |
| 2 | Latin | insula | island; insula, a residential or apartment block... |
| 3 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 4 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |