Where does “a memorja” come from?
a memorja (Maltese) comes from Italian a memoria, from Italian memoria, from Latin memoria, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
a memorja (Maltese): by heart
Definitions
- by heart
Ancestry of “a memorja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | a memoria | — |
| 2 | Italian | memoria | memory, recall; memory, recollection,... |
| 3 | Latin | memoria | memory; the ability to remember; a remembrance, a... |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |