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Where does “adânc” come from?

adânc (Romanian) comes from Latin aduncus, from Latin uncus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

adânc (Romanian): deep; profound; serious

Definitions

  1. deep; profound; serious

Ancestry of “adânc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaduncushooked, bent, curved
2Latinuncushook, barb; a hook used to drag criminals by the...
3Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
5Proto-Italic-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “adânc”

  • adâncitură
  • adânci
  • adâncime
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