Where does “Neamțului cel Mic” come from?

Neamțului cel Mic (Romanian) comes from Romanian cel, from Romanian acel, from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, from Latin eccum, from Latin ecce, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

Ancestry of “Neamțului cel Mic”, step by step

Neamțului cel Mic traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian cel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancelthat; the; the one
2Romanianacelthat
3Vulgar Latin*eccum ille
4Latineccumbehold him; here!, look!
5Latineccesee!, look!, behold!, points out something with...
6Latin-ceaffixed, usually to demonstratives, forming...
7Proto-Italickehere
8Indo-European*ḱe

via Romanian mic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmiclittle, small; little boy, child, toddler, tyke,...
2Vulgar Latinmiccus
3Ancient Greekμῑκκόςsmall
4Ancient Greekμικρόςlittle, small
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Romanian neamț

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianneamța German
2Old Church Slavonicнѣмьць
3Proto-Slavicněmьcьforeigner, non-Slav; specifically, a speaker of a...
4Proto-Slavicněmъunclear or incomprehensible speaker, muttering,...
Every word from Indo-European *ḱeEvery word from Latin -ceEvery word from Proto-Italic ke
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