Etymology

Arvanite

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Today it means: A member of a population group in Greece who traditionally speak Arvanitika, a dialect of Albanian, and who settled in Greece during the late Middle Ages. Full definition →

Medieval Greek Ἀρβανίτης
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  1. Medieval Greek · derived fromἈρβανίτης
  2. English todayArvanite

Ultimately from Medieval Greek Ἀρβανίτης (Arbanítēs), a variant of Ἀλβανίτης (Albanítēs, “Albanian”), possibly influenced by the Modern Greek reading of β (v).

Words from the same roots

Medieval GreekἈρβανίτης all →

Arvanitika

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.