Where does “atunci” come from?
atunci (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin ad tunc ce, from Latin tunc, from Latin tum, from Proto-Indo-European tóm, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
atunci (Romanian): then , next
Ancestry of “atunci”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | ad tunc ce | — |
| 2 | Latin | tunc | then, "in its senses as"; from then on: from that... |
| 3 | Latin | tum | then, thereupon; at the time, at that time, then;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tóm | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |