Where does “Satulung” come from?
Satulung (Romanian) comes from Romanian lung, from Latin longus, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Ancestry of “Satulung”, step by step
Satulung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian lung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | lung | long |
| 2 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 3 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 4 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 5 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 6 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 |