Where does “Satu Vechi” come from?
Satu Vechi (Romanian) comes from Romanian vechi, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Ancestry of “Satu Vechi”, step by step
Satu Vechi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian vechi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | vechi | old |
| 2 | Late Latin | veclus | — |
| 3 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Romanian saț
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | saț | the sensation of being full/satisfied/sated;... |
| 2 | Old Romanian | fsat | — |
| 3 | Latin | fossātum | }} trench particularly for military use, a ditch especially in earthwork fortifications |
| 4 | Latin | fossa | ditch, trench, moat; gutter, waterway; grave |
| 5 | Latin | fodiō | to dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰod- | to pierce, dig |