Where does “albiniță” come from?
albiniță (Romanian) comes from Romanian albină, from Vulgar Latin alvina, from Latin alvus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.
albiniță (Romanian): Diminutive of albină
Ancestry of “albiniță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | albină | bee |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | alvina | beehive |
| 3 | Latin | alvus | belly, bowels, paunch; excrement; flux,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | — |