Where does “Butoaia” come from?
Butoaia (Romanian) comes from Romanian -oaia, from Romanian -ă, from Latin illa, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
Ancestry of “Butoaia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | -oaia | suffix forming many feminine Romanian surnames |
| 2 | Romanian | -ă | Forms certain female equivalent nouns |
| 3 | Latin | illa | nominative feminine singular of ille; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |