Etymology

Arvanitika

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Today it means: An archaic form of the Albanian language spoken by a linguistic minority in Greece. Full definition →

Greek αρβανίτικα ← Medieval Greek Ἀρβανίτης
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  1. Medieval Greek · derived fromἈρβανίτης
  2. Greek · borrowed fromαρβανίτικα
  3. English todayArvanitika

Borrowed from Greek αρβανίτικα (arvanítika), a dialectal variant of αλβανικά (alvaniká, “Albanian”) related to Medieval Greek Ἀρβανίτης (Arbanítēs). Borrowed from the Albanian word and self-designation Arbër, rhotic variant of Arbën.

Words from the same roots

Greekαρβανίτικα all →

Medieval GreekἈρβανίτης all →

Arvanite

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.