Etymograph

English

Rimac

Rimac comes from Serbo-Croatian Rimac ‘Римац’, from Rim ‘Rome’, and ultimately from Late Latin Rōma.

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CERōma
  2. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*Rimъ‘Rome’reconstructed
  3. Serbo-CroatianmodernRim‘Rome’
  4. Serbo-Croatian, derivedmodernRimac‘Римац’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CERōma
  2. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*Rimъ‘Rome’reconstructed
  3. Serbo-CroatianmodernRim‘Rome’
  4. Serbo-Croatian, derivedmodernRimac‘Римац’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Late Latin Rōma

unromantic, 7 more

Another origin of Rimac

  1. Quechuamodernrimay‘to speak, to talk, to express’
  2. Quechua, derivedmodernrimaq‘speaker’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentRímac
  4. EnglishtodayRimac

Today it means

name A surname from Serbo-Croatian.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Late Latin Rōma / Rimac

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