Where does “Slăvuțeanu” come from?
Slăvuțeanu (Romanian) comes from Romanian Slăvuța, from Romanian slavă, from Romanian slav, from French slave, from Middle French Sclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Ancient Greek Σκλάβος, from Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός — to cover; to incline.
Ancestry of “Slăvuțeanu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Slăvuța | — |
| 2 | Romanian | slavă | glory; nominative feminine singular of slav;... |
| 3 | Romanian | slav | Slav; Slavic |
| 4 | French | slave | Slav, Slavic; A Slavic language |
| 5 | Middle French | Sclave | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | sclavus | Slav, slave; slave |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Σκλάβος | Slav |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Σκλαβηνός | Slavic |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | slověninъ | Slav |
| 10 | Proto-Slavic | slovo | word |
| 11 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ślawas | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱléwos | fame |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱlew- | to hear |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |