Where does “libānietis” come from?

libānietis (Latvian) comes from Latvian -ietis — Added to nouns and adjectives to form masculine (-nieks) or feminine (-niece) nouns referring to people having the properties of the original noun, or living in the place designated by the original noun.

libānietis (Latvian): a Lebanese man, a man from Lebanon or of Lebanese...

Definitions

  1. a Lebanese man, a man from Lebanon or of Lebanese...

Ancestry of “libānietis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvian-ietisAdded to nouns and adjectives to form masculine (-nieks) or feminine (-niece) nouns referring to people having the properties of the original noun, or living in the place designated by the original noun
Every word from Latvian -ietis