Where does “Târgu Cărbunești” come from?
Târgu Cărbunești (English) comes from Romanian Târgu Cărbunești, from Romanian Cărbunești, from Romanian -ești, from Latin -ēscō, from Proto-Italic *-ēskō.
Ancestry of “Târgu Cărbunești”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Târgu Cărbunești | — |
| 2 | Romanian | Cărbunești | — |
| 3 | Romanian | -ești | plural of -esc; Used with a stem to form the... |
| 4 | Latin | -ēscō | Attaches to a stem (a noun or adjective) to form a verb meaning “to become [stem]” or similar |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-ēskō | — |