Where does “alteță” come from?

alteță (Romanian) comes from Italian altezza, from Late Latin altitia, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

alteță (Romanian): highness

Definitions

  1. highness

Ancestry of “alteță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaltezzaheight, altitude, tallness; height, stature;...
2Late Latinaltitiahighness
3Latin-itia-ness, -ity
4Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós