Where does “італомовний” come from?

італомовний (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian італі́йський, from Ukrainian -і́йський, from Ukrainian -і́я, from English Canadian, from English cañada, from Spanish cañada, from Spanish -ada, from Spanish -ado — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

італомовний (Ukrainian): Italian-speaking, Italophone

Definitions

  1. Italian-speaking, Italophone

Ancestry of “італомовний”, step by step

італомовний traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ukrainian італі́йський

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianіталі́йськийItalian
2Ukrainian-і́йськийAdjectival suffix forming nouns meaning "related to X"; variant of: -ian, -an, -ish
3Ukrainian-і́яy, -ia frequently found as part of foreign borrowings, where it represents the foreign suffixes -y, -ia, -ie, etc
4EnglishCanadianOf, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its...
5EnglishcañadaA small canyon; a narrow valley or glen
6Spanishcañadaglen, gully, ravine
7Spanish-adaUsed with a stem to form the feminine singular...
8Spanish-adoSuffix indicating the masculine singular past...
9Old Spanish-adoforms the masculine singular past participle of regular
10Latin-ātused
11Proto-Italic-ātos
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Ukrainian мо́ва

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianмо́ваlanguage
2Old East Slavicмълва
3Proto-Slavicmъlvaspeech
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanmluH-eh₂
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanmlewH-to say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from Spanish -ada