Where does “arcadă” come from?

arcadă (Romanian) comes from French arcade, from Italian arcata, from Latin arcus, from Latin solium, from Proto-Indo-European sodyom, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

arcadă (Romanian): arcade

Definitions

  1. arcade

Ancestry of “arcadă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frencharcadearcade; arch, ridge
2Italianarcataarcade, arch, span; arch
3Latinarcusarc, arch; bow; rainbow
4Latinsoliumseat, chair; throne, chair of state, official...
5Proto-Indo-Europeansodyom
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-
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