Where does “absidă” come from?

absidă (Romanian) comes from French abside, from Latin apsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

absidă (Romanian): apse

Definitions

  1. apse

Ancestry of “absidă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchabsideapse
2Latinapsisarch, vault
3Ancient Greekἁψίςnet, mesh; wheel, hoop, disc; Any curved form:...
4Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
5Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Ancient Greek -σῐς →Every word from Ancient Greek ἁψίς →