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Where does “înotător” come from?

înotător (Romanian) comes from Romanian înota, from Romanian în-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

înotător (Romanian): floating, swimming; swimmer

Definitions

  1. floating, swimming; swimmer

Ancestry of “înotător”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianînotato swim
2Romanianîn-used to denote derivation
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →