Where does “interesantka” come from?
interesantka (Polish) comes from Romanian interesant, from German Interessent, from German interessieren, from French intéresser, from Latin interesse, from Latin esse, from Ancient Greek οὐσία, from Ancient Greek εἰμί — to be.
Ancestry of “interesantka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | interesant | interesting |
| 2 | German | Interessent | interested party, prospective buyer |
| 3 | German | interessieren | to interest |
| 4 | French | intéresser | to interest; to make interested; to be interested... |
| 5 | Latin | interesse | present active infinitive of intersum; to... |
| 6 | Latin | esse | present infinitive of sum; state, condition;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | οὐσία | that which is one's own, one's substance,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | εἰμί | To be, exist; live; To be; it is possible |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ehmi | to be |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésmi | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |