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Where does “ameți” come from?

ameți (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin ammatire, from Latin mattus, from Latin maditus, from Latin madere, from Latin madeō, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

ameți (Romanian): to make dizzy, flustered, intoxicated, stun; to...

Definitions

  1. to make dizzy, flustered, intoxicated, stun; to...

Ancestry of “ameți”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinammatire—
2Latinmattusdrunk, intoxicated
3Latinmaditus—
4Latinmaderepresent active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be...
5Latinmadeō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

Words derived from “ameți”

  • amețeală
  • amețit
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