Where does “îndruma” come from?
îndruma (Romanian) comes from Romanian în, from Latin de retro, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti, from Proto-Indo-European pós — afterwards, post; by, at.
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Ancestry of “îndruma”, step by step
îndruma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian în
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | în | in, into, within; in, on, when |
| 2 | Latin | de retro | from behind |
| 3 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 4 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 5 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Romanian drum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | drum | road |
| 2 | Greek | δρόμος | roadway, road, street, way; journey |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |