Etymology

Albanisation

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Today it means: A cultural change in which something ethnically non-Albanian is made to become Albanian. Full definition →

English Albania ← Medieval Latin Albānia ← Medieval Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*albʰós
  2. Proto-Italic*alβos
  3. Latinalbus
  4. LatinAlba
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dlongʰos
  6. Proto-Italic*(d)longos
  7. Latinlongus
  8. LatinLonga
  9. LatinAlba (Longa)
  10. LatinAlbānus
  11. Ancient GreekἈλβᾰνός (Albănós)
  12. Medieval GreekἈλβανία (Albanía)
  13. Medieval LatinAlbānia
  14. EnglishAlbania
  15. English todayAlbanisation

From Albania + -isation.

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