albanisation

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What does albanisation mean?

A cultural change in which something ethnically non-Albanian is made to become Albanian.

Where does albanisation come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *albʰós Proto-Italic *alβos Latin albus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin Alba Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos Proto-Italic *(d)longos Latin longus ▲ Latin -a Latin Longa Latin Alba (Longa) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin Albānusbor. Ancient Greek Ἀλβᾰνός (Albănós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Byzantine Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía)bor. Medieval Latin Albāniabor. English Albania English -ise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -isation English Albanisation From Albania + -isation.

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