Britain (a large island of Northern Europe; used especially before the Anglo-Saxon invasion, maximally until the Treaty of Union) · ellipsis of Großbritannien: an island and country in Northern Europe, in modern times
eş: Albion
köken: Learned borrowing from Latin Britannia. Doublet of Bretagne.
aile: Britannier, britannisch
Manchen Schätzungen zufolge begann die keltische Einwanderung nach Britannien um 1000 v. Chr.
Brittany (a cultural region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France) · Brittany (an administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany) · Britain (ellipsis of Grã-Bretanha: an island and country in Northern Europe)
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Bretanha, from Latin Britannia, from Ancient Greek Πρεττανια (Prettania). Compare Galician Bretaña.
Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)
köken: From English Britain. Doublet of ブルターニュ (Burutānyu, “Brittany”).
Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)
Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)
Britain (a region of Western Europe, the country of the Britons) · Great Britain (an island of Western Europe) · Britannia (a province of the Roman Empire in Western Europe, on the island of Great Britain)
köken: Attested from the 1st century BCE, directly or from Ancient Greek Βρεττανία (Brettanía), Πρεττανία (Prettanía) (in Diodorus), earlier νῆσος Πρεττανική (nêsos Prettanikḗ) or Βρεττανίαι (Brettaníai), used by Pytheas (4th century BCE) of the entire archipelago now known as the British Isles. The Ancient Greek name is ultimately from a Celtic ethnonym, reconstructed as early Brythonic *Pritani,…
aile: Britannia Magna, Britannia Maior, Britannia Major, Britannia Minor, Britanniae, Britannicae Insulae, Britanniārum Rēgnum
elder brother · a male cousin who's descended from an ancestor who is/was an older sibling to yours or your spouse's · a generic thing
köken: Inherited from Proto-Vietic *ʔɛːŋ (“elder brother”). According to Phan Kế Bính's Việt Nam phong tục (1915), apparently the practice of calling each other anh-em for those in relationship originated from the South Central province of Quảng Nam: 1915, Phan Kế Bính, Việt Nam phong tục [Vietnamese customs]: — Vợ chồng con nhà sang trọng, gọi nhau bằng cậu mợ, thầy thông thầy phán thì gọi nhau bằng…
aile: anh chị em, anh chột làm vua xứ mù, anh em, anh trai
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Βρεττανός (Brettanós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā) Ancient Greek Βρεττανία (Brettanía)bor. Latin Britannialbor. Polish Brytania Learned borrowing from Latin Britannia. Doublet of Bretania.