Where does “Bretaigne” come from?

Bretaigne (Old French) comes from Latin Britannia, 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...

Bretaigne (Old French): what is now known as Britain or the United Kingdom

Definitions

  1. what is now known as Britain or the United Kingdom

Ancestry of “Bretaigne”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Bretaigne”

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