Where does “respublika” come from?
respublika (Lithuanian) comes from Russian респу́блика, from Latin rēspublica, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
respublika (Lithuanian): republic
Ancestry of “respublika”, step by step