Where does “înjumătățire” come from?
înjumătățire (Romanian) comes from Romanian înjumătăți, from Romanian jumătate, from Late Latin medietas, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.
înjumătățire (Romanian): halving
Definitions
- halving
Ancestry of “înjumătățire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | înjumătăți | to halve |
| 2 | Romanian | jumătate | half |
| 3 | Late Latin | medietas | half; centre, midpoint; half; the center, middle... |
| 4 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 5 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 6 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |