Where does “Ô-xtrây-li-a” come from?

Ô-xtrây-li-a (Vietnamese) comes from English Australia, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita, from Latin auster, from Proto-Italic *austeros.

Ô-xtrây-li-a (Vietnamese): Australian

Definitions

  1. Australian

Ancestry of “Ô-xtrây-li-a”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAustralia—
2Latinterra austrālis incōgnita—
3LatinausterThe south wind; south
4Proto-Italic*austeros—
Every word from Proto-Italic *austeros →Every word from Latin auster →Every word from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita →