The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΑὐσονία
- Latin · borrowed fromAusonia“Lower Italy”
- English todayAusonian
From Latin Ausonia (“Lower Italy”), extended poetically to “Italy”, from Ancient Greek Αὐσονία (Ausonía), from Αὔσων (Aúsōn), a son of Ulysses, who is said to have settled there.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.