Where does “Arnita” come from?
Arnita (Latvian) comes from Latvian Arnis, from Greek αρνούμαι, from Ancient Greek ἀρνοῦμαι, from Ancient Greek ἀρνέομαι, from Proto-Indo-European h₂res-.
Ancestry of “Arnita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | Arnis | — |
| 2 | Greek | αρνούμαι | deny, reject, turn down |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀρνοῦμαι | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀρνέομαι | to deny, disown; to refuse; to say "no", decline,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂res- | — |