Where does “dalmat” come from?

dalmat (Romanian) comes from French dalmate, from French Dalmatie, from Latin Dalmatia, from Latin Dalmatae, from Illyrian delme — sheep.

dalmat (Romanian): Dalmatian

Definitions

  1. Dalmatian

Ancestry of “dalmat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchdalmateDalmatian
2FrenchDalmatie—
3LatinDalmatia—
4LatinDalmataethe name of an Illyrian tribe inhabiting Dalmatia
5Illyriandelmesheep

Words derived from “dalmat”

Every word from Illyrian delme →Every word from Latin Dalmatae →Every word from Latin Dalmatia →