Where does “anaforă” come from?
anaforă (Romanian) comes from Greek αναφορά, from Ancient Greek ἀναφορά, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
anaforă (Romanian): anaphora
Definitions
- anaphora
Ancestry of “anaforă”, step by step
anaforă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Greek αναφορά
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | αναφορά | reference; report; account |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀναφορά | reference of a thing to a standard |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ή | suffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ᾱ | nominal suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via French anaphore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | anaphore | anaphora |