Where does “Ptolemeu” come from?
Ptolemeu (Romanian) comes from Latin Ptolemaeus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Ptolemeu (Romanian): Ptolemy
Definitions
- Ptolemy
Ancestry of “Ptolemeu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Ptolemaeus | Ptolemy |
| 2 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 3 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |