Where does “ademeneală” come from?
ademeneală (Romanian) comes from Romanian ademeni, from Romanian ademană, from Hungarian adomány, from Hungarian ád, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
Ancestry of “ademeneală”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ademeni | to seduce, tempt, allure, ensnare |
| 2 | Romanian | ademană | usury |
| 3 | Hungarian | adomány | donation, gift |
| 4 | Hungarian | ád | Alternative form of ad |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |