Where does “Romania” come from?
Romania derives from Romanian român, from Latin Romanus, ultimately from the Latin masculine nominative singular suffix -us via Old Latin -os and Proto-Italic -os.
Romania (English): The Latin or Romance-speaking areas of Europe, collectively
Definitions
- The Latin or Romance-speaking areas of Europe, collectively
Ancestry of “Romania”, step by step
Romania traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian România
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | România | — |
| 2 | Romanian | român | Romanian; Romanian man |
| 3 | French | roman | Romance; romanesque; A novel |
| 4 | Old French | romanz | Old French; a story in Old French; account |
| 5 | Latin | rōmānicē | in the Roman manner |
| 6 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |