Where does “-eață” come from?

-eață (Romanian) comes from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

-eață (Romanian): -ness, -ity; used to form nouns from adjectives;...

Definitions

  1. -ness, -ity; used to form nouns from adjectives;...

Ancestry of “-eață”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-itia-ness, -ity
2Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “-eață”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ia →Every word from Latin -ius →