The story
- Medieval Latin · learned borrowing fromAnglicānus
- English todayAnglican
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Anglicānus, from anglicus (“English, Englishman”) + -ānus (“-an: forming adjectives”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Relating to the Church of England, or one of several related churches, such as those in the Anglican Communion. Full definition →
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Anglicānus, from anglicus (“English, Englishman”) + -ānus (“-an: forming adjectives”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.