European

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1. Ancient GreekΕὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā)
2. Ancient GreekΕὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos)
3. Classical LatinEurōpaeus
4. New LatinEurōpaeānu
5. Frencheuropéen
6. English todayEuropean

Borrowed from French européen, itself from New Latin Eurōpaeānus, from the secondary stem Eurōpae- extracted from the Classical Latin adjective Eurōpaeus [from Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos, “European”), from Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā, “Europe”) + -ῐος (-ĭos, suffix forming adjectives)] + -ānus (“-an”). By surface analysis, Europ(e) + -ean.

Words from the same roots