Where does “alternanță” come from?
alternanță (Romanian) comes from French alternance, from French -ance, from Old French -ance, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
alternanță (Romanian): alternation
Definitions
- alternation
Ancestry of “alternanță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | alternance | alternation |
| 2 | French | -ance | ance; forms abstract nouns |
| 3 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |