Etymology

Bolivian

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Today it means: A person from Bolivia or of Bolivian descent. Full definition →

English Bolivia ← Spanish Bolivia ← Basque Bolibar
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*melh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mélh₂ti
  3. Proto-Italic*melō
  4. Latinmolō
  5. Latinmolīnus
  6. Late Latinmolīnum
  7. Basquebolu
  8. Basqueibar
  9. BasqueBolibar
  10. SpanishBolívar
  11. SpanishBolivia
  12. EnglishBolivia
  13. English todayBolivian

From Bolivia + -an.

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