Where does “repubblika” come from?
repubblika (Maltese) comes from Italian repubblica, from Italian republica, from Latin rēspublica, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
repubblika (Maltese): republic
Ancestry of “repubblika”, step by step