Etymograph

English

Samoa

Samoa comes from Samoan Sāmoa.

  1. SamoanmodernSāmoa
  2. EnglishtodaySamoa

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. SamoanmodernSāmoa
  2. EnglishtodaySamoa

Today it means

name A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Samoa. Capital and largest city: Apia. Formerly Western Samoa, and, before that, German Samoa. It is distinct from American Samoa.

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

Etymograph / Samoan Sāmoa / Samoa