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Where does “patrìot” come from?

patrìot (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Patriot, from French Patriote, from Latin patriōta, from Ancient Greek πατριώτης, from Ancient Greek -ώτης — Suffix used to form various kinds of nouns,...

Ancestry of “patrìot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPatriotpatriot
2FrenchPatriotePatriote; Patriot
3Latinpatriōta—
4Ancient Greekπατριώτηςof the same country
5Ancient Greek-ώτηςSuffix used to form various kinds of nouns,...

Words derived from “patrìot”

  • patriotizam
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