Britain

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
1/21/2022, 9:40 PM	Mike C	update #111
4/25/2021, 10:07 PM	Mike C	update #110
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
7/2/2017, 10:39 PM	Mike C	update #95
10/20/2016, 1:17 AM	Mike C	added

Type Island

Usage English

Pronounced Pron. BRI-tən

Meaning & History

From Britannia, the Latin name for the island of Great Britain, the land of the Britons. It derives from the name of the Britons, recorded in Greek in the 4th century BC as Πρεττανική (Prettanike), and reconstructed as Proto-Brythonic *Pritanī, possibly meaning "tattooed people".