Where does “brits” come from?

brits (Latvian) comes from Latin britto, from Latin Brittania, 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...

brits (Latvian): a Briton, a British man, a man born in Great...

Definitions

  1. a Briton, a British man, a man born in Great...

Ancestry of “brits”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbrittoa Briton
2LatinBrittaniaBritain
3Ancient GreekΒρεττανίαthe British Isles
4Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “brits”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek Βρεττανία →