Where does “Elveția” come from?

Elveția (Romanian) comes from Greek Ελβετία, from Latin Helvetia, from Latin helvetius, from Gaulish etu- — terrain, grassland.

Ancestry of “Elveția”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GreekΕλβετία—
2LatinHelvetiaSwitzerland
3Latinhelvetiusof or pertaining to the Helvetii; Helvetian
4Gaulishetu-terrain, grassland

Words derived from “Elveția”

Every word from Gaulish etu- →Every word from Latin helvetius →Every word from Latin Helvetia →