Where does “feminitat” come from?
feminitat (Catalan) comes from Catalan femení, from Latin fēminīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
feminitat (Catalan): femininity, womanliness
Ancestry of “feminitat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | femení | feminine |
| 2 | Latin | fēminīnus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -īnus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |