The story
- Medieval Greek · derived fromἈρβανίτης
- Greek · borrowed fromαρβανίτικα
- 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
Medieval GreekἈρβανίτης all →
Arvanite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.