Where does “Brăteștii de Jos” come from?
Brăteștii de Jos (Romanian) comes from Romanian Brătești, from Romanian Bratu, from Romanian braț, from Latin brachium, from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus — short.
Ancestry of “Brăteștii de Jos”, step by step
Brăteștii de Jos traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian Brătești
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Brătești | — |
| 2 | Romanian | Bratu | — |
| 3 | Romanian | braț | arm |
| 4 | Latin | brachium | Alternative form of bracchium; arm, branch; limb |
| 5 | Latin | bracchium | forearm; arm; limb of an animal |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βραχίων | the arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βραχύς | short, brief; short, small, little; few |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |