Where does “sârbo-croată” come from?

sârbo-croată (Romanian) comes from Romanian sârbă, from Romanian -ă, from Latin illa, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

sârbo-croată (Romanian): Serbo-Croatian language

Definitions

  1. Serbo-Croatian language

Ancestry of “sârbo-croată”, step by step

sârbo-croată traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian sârbă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomaniansârbăSerbian language
2RomanianForms certain female equivalent nouns
3Latinillanominative feminine singular of ille; nominative...
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via Romanian croată

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancroatăa Croat woman
2RomaniancroatCroat, Croatian; Croatian
3FrenchcroateCroatian; from, or pertaining to Croatia or its...
4LatinCroataCroat
5Proto-SlavicxorvatъCroat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnosEvery word from Latin olleEvery word from Latin ille
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