Where does “amănunțire” come from?
amănunțire (Romanian) comes from Romanian amănunți, from Romanian amănunt, from Romanian mărunt, from Romanian -iș, from Latin -icius, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός — -y, -ic.
amănunțire (Romanian): breaking into small pieces
Definitions
- breaking into small pieces
Ancestry of “amănunțire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | amănunți | to detail |
| 2 | Romanian | amănunt | detail, particular |
| 3 | Romanian | mărunt | very small, tiny, trifling, petty |
| 4 | Romanian | -iș | forms collective nouns |
| 5 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 6 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |