Where does “împărăție” come from?
împărăție (Romanian) comes from Romanian împărat, from Latin imperātor, from Latin imperō, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
împărăție (Romanian): empire
Definitions
- empire
Ancestry of “împărăție”, step by step
împărăție traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian împărat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | împărat | emperor; past participle of împăra impaled |
| 2 | Latin | imperātor | commander, general, chief, master, person in charge |
| 3 | Latin | imperō | to command, give orders to, impose, demand |
| 4 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |