Where does “ațipeală” come from?
ațipeală (Romanian) comes from Romanian ațipi, from Latin attepīre, from Latin tepere, from Latin tepeo, from Proto-Italic tepēō, from Proto-Indo-European tep-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European tep- — to be warm, be hot.
ațipeală (Romanian): drowsiness
Definitions
- drowsiness
Ancestry of “ațipeală”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ațipi | to doze, snooze, begin to fall asleep |
| 2 | Latin | attepīre | — |
| 3 | Latin | tepere | present active infinitive of tepeō; to be warm;... |
| 4 | Latin | tepeo | I am warm, lukewarm or tepid; I glow with love; I... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | tepēō | be warm |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tep-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tep- | to be warm, be hot |