Where does “Neguțescu” come from?
Neguțescu (Romanian) comes from Romanian Neguță, from Romanian -uță, from Romanian -uț, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
Ancestry of “Neguțescu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Neguță | to engage in trade, buy and sell |
| 2 | Romanian | -uță | female equivalent of -uț |
| 3 | Romanian | -uț | Forms masculine diminutives of nouns and... |
| 4 | Latin | -utus | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |