Where does “Mătușoiu” come from?

Mătușoiu (Romanian) comes from Romanian mătușă, from Vulgar Latin mita, from Latin amita, from Proto-Indo-European amma- — mother.

Ancestry of “Mătușoiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmătușăaunt
2Vulgar Latinmita—
3Latinamitapaternal aunt; father's sister
4Proto-Indo-Europeanamma-mother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European amma- →Every word from Latin amita →Every word from Vulgar Latin mita →