If you say, for example, that someone is of French ~, you mean that they or their family originally came from France. (FORMAL)
Her real father was of Italian ~...
= origin, descent
N-UNCOUNT: with supp
If you say, for example, that someone is of French ~, you mean that they or their family originally came from France. (FORMAL)
Her real father was of Italian ~...
= origin, descent
N-UNCOUNT: with supp
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012