Where does “אבטיונא” come from?
אבטיונא (Aramaic) comes from Ancient Greek ὀπτίων, from Latin optiō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
אבטיונא (Aramaic): Commissary, quartermaster in the Roman army
Definitions
- Commissary, quartermaster in the Roman army
Ancestry of “אבטיונא”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ὀπτίων | assistant, especially in a military sense,... |
| 2 | Latin | optiō | choosing, choice, preference, option |
| 3 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |