Where does “amețitor” come from?
amețitor (Romanian) comes from Romanian ameți, 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,...
amețitor (Romanian): dizzying
Definitions
- dizzying
Ancestry of “amețitor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ameți | to make dizzy, flustered, intoxicated, stun; to... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | ammatire | — |
| 3 | Latin | mattus | drunk, intoxicated |
| 4 | Latin | maditus | — |
| 5 | Latin | madere | present active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be... |
| 6 | Latin | madeō | to be wet or moist |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |