Etymology

Serbian

Ser·bi·an
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Today it means: Of or pertaining to Serbia, the Serbian people or their language. Full definition →

English Serbia ← Medieval Latin Serbia ← Serbo-Croatian Срби /Srbi
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ser-
  2. Proto-Slavic*sьrbъ
  3. Serbo-CroatianСрби /Srbi
  4. EnglishSerb
  5. Medieval LatinSerbia
  6. EnglishSerbia
  7. English todaySerbian

From Serb + -ian, or from Serbia + -an.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.