Austria.
A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Austria. Capital and largest city: Vienna.
Meaning & usage
A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Austria. Capital and largest city: Vienna.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwss? Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros Proto-Germanic *austraz ▲ Proto-Germanic *austrąder. Proto-Germanic *austrą Proto-West Germanic *austr Old High German ōstar Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵsder. Proto-Celtic *rīgyombor. Proto-Germanic *rīkiją Proto-West Germanic *rīkī Old High German rīhhi Old High German Ōstarrīhhider. Latin Austriabor. English Austria From Latin Austria, a Latinization of Old High German Ōstarrīhhi, the first element of which means "east" and stems from Proto-Germanic *austraz (“eastern”), and the second element of which is rīhhi (“realm”). See east, eastern for more. Distantly cognate to Australia: it derives from the same Proto-Indo-European root, but via Latin, where it came to mean “south” rather than “east”. Compare also Austrasia.
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