Appendix talk:English nationality prefixes

Etymology/origin

These entries give origins for the roots but what is the actual origin of the forumula "X-o-X-adjectival suffix"? What is the o? Is that supposed to be the Latin dative/ablative singular? Why wouldn't it be nominative and better yet why not just use the same adjectival suffix? Why would the practice of saying "Canado-American" develop when any English speaker would intuitively say Canadian-American? I have a feeling this is just from 19th and 20th century academics who often studied classics feeling Greek-Roman just didnt sound fancy enough and then the formula got applied to others by analogy.

Citation needed

We really shouldn't turn this into a collection of OR, hapax legomena, and jokey vandalism. These should be terms that are actually used as prefixes for (e.g.) wars, treaties, and relationships. 116.233.9.121 14:47, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Agreed. Some of these are clearly "constructs" and not real (no, "Batavo-" is not a Dutch nationality prefix at all, never been and never is) some of these may count as "literary" words (used only in special circumstances like poetry perhaps or when a gun has been pointed at someone to invent a country prefix on the spot by hook or by crook. Loginnigol (talk) 20:53, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

British, Spanish

"British-" is used quite as much as "Anglo-"; "Spanish-" far more than "Hispano-" or any other neologism. They should be included on the list rather than giving the false impression that the other forms are actually common. 116.233.9.121 14:47, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

I think the point is that they are not prefixes. Equinox ◑ 15:01, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

More Countries

I recommend Iceland, Ukraine, and some other countries. Zrksyd (talk) 21:09, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

I think that for Icelandic people it should be islo- because of the country's name in Icelandic witch is Ísland Cubomagico2 (talk) 14:07, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

Changes regarding 'Anglo-' prefix, and more general notes on prefixes for UK constituent nations

I've made a couple of changes to the entry for the prefix 'Anglo-': first, I changed the linked country from 'United Kingdom' to 'England' (as is both correct, and is the case on the actual page for 'Anglo-' itself); second, I moved it from the 'Nation' table to the 'Area, Group, or Former Nation' table, as that is where the prefixes for Scotland and Wales can also be found (on the logic that it would be a double standard to place one of the constituent nations of the UK in one table, and the others in another, though which table they should all then be in is another matter entirely).

I've substituted no alternate prefix for United Kingdom in the top table, as to my knowledge there isn't one. Though Anglo- is often used in this fashion, even in otherwise reputable sources, it is nevertheless an error. If there happens to be a unique prefix for the UK, please feel free to add it.

Cheers, HiddenViper13 (talk) 19:27, 15 December 2014 (UTC)