Where does “arătos” come from?
arătos (Romanian) comes from Romanian arăta, from Vulgar Latin *arrēctāre, from Latin rēctus, from Latin regō, from Proto-Italic regō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃réǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
arătos (Romanian): handsome
Ancestry of “arătos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | arăta | to show, to exhibit, to display; to prove; to... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *arrēctāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | rēctus | — |
| 4 | Latin | regō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |