Where does “Adomnicăi” come from?
Adomnicăi (Romanian) comes from Romanian domnică, from Romanian doamnă, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina, from Latin Dominus, from Latin domus, from Proto-Italic domos, from Proto-Indo-European dṓm — to build; to arrange, to put together.
Ancestry of “Adomnicăi”, step by step
Adomnicăi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian domnică
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | domnică | princess |
| 2 | Romanian | doamnă | lady, polite term for a woman, madam, ma'am;... |
| 3 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 4 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 5 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 6 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |