Where does “elvețiancă” come from?

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

Ancestry of “elvețiancă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianelvețianSwiss
2RomanianElveția
3GreekΕλβετία
4LatinHelvetiaSwitzerland
5Latinhelvetiusof or pertaining to the Helvetii; Helvetian
6Gaulishetu-terrain, grassland
Every word from Gaulish etu-Every word from Latin helvetiusEvery word from Latin Helvetia