Where does “anemonă-de-mare” come from?
anemonă-de-mare (Romanian) comes from Romanian anemonă, from French anémone, from Latin anemōnē, from Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη, from Ancient Greek ἄνεμος, from Proto-Hellenic ánemos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁- — to breathe.
anemonă-de-mare (Romanian): sea anemone
Definitions
- sea anemone
Ancestry of “anemonă-de-mare”, step by step
anemonă-de-mare traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian anemonă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | anemonă | anemone |
| 2 | French | anémone | anemone; anemone, sea anemone |
| 3 | Latin | anemōnē | windflower, anemone |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀνεμώνη | poppy anemone; Greek anemone |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἄνεμος | wind, breeze, gale; any of the four cardinal... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | ánemos | wind |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁mos | breath |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁- | to breathe |