Europaeanus

Europaeanus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)
Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos)bor.
Classical Latin Eurōpaeus
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Classical Latin -nus
Classical Latin -ānus
Latin Europaeanus

    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.

    Adjective

    Eurōpaeānus (feminine Eurōpaeāna, neuter Eurōpaeānum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. (New Latin) synonym of Eurōpaeus
      • 1680, Carolus du Fresne du Cange, Historia Byzantina, page 167:
        […] id eſt ad littus Europæanum, […]
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      • 1756, Amadeo de La Rive, Logica ad usum studiosae juventutis, page 220:
        Aut Petrus eſt Europæanus, aut Aſiaticus, aut Africanus, aut Americanus,
        Sed neque eſt Europæanus, nec Aſiaticus, nec Afer,
        Ergo Petrus eſt Americanus.
        Either Peter is European, or Asian, or African, or American,
        But he is neither European, nor Asian, nor African,
        Therefore, Peter is American.
      • 1809, Fata Robinsonis Crusoëi, Latinè reddita ex imitatione operis germanicè scripti ab H. Campe, pages 232–233:
        Cum ille barbarus, non autem Europæanus esset, Robinson socium vocat mortuorum corpora congerentem, ut patrio sermone hominem alloquatur.

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative Eurōpaeānus Eurōpaeāna Eurōpaeānum Eurōpaeānī Eurōpaeānae Eurōpaeāna
    genitive Eurōpaeānī Eurōpaeānae Eurōpaeānī Eurōpaeānōrum Eurōpaeānārum Eurōpaeānōrum
    dative Eurōpaeānō Eurōpaeānae Eurōpaeānō Eurōpaeānīs
    accusative Eurōpaeānum Eurōpaeānam Eurōpaeānum Eurōpaeānōs Eurōpaeānās Eurōpaeāna
    ablative Eurōpaeānō Eurōpaeānā Eurōpaeānō Eurōpaeānīs
    vocative Eurōpaeāne Eurōpaeāna Eurōpaeānum Eurōpaeānī Eurōpaeānae Eurōpaeāna

    Descendants

    • → English: European
    • → French: européen

    Further reading

    • François Mercier (1796), Vocabulaire françois-latin pour les thèmes, page 145
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