Where does “autoexaminare” come from?
autoexaminare (Romanian) comes from Romanian autoexamina, from Romanian examina, from French examiner, from Latin examino, from Latin examen, from Latin exagmen, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō — to drive.
autoexaminare (Romanian): self-examination
Definitions
- self-examination
Ancestry of “autoexaminare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | autoexamina | to do a self-examination |
| 2 | Romanian | examina | to examine |
| 3 | French | examiner | to examine |
| 4 | Latin | examino | I weigh or consider; I examine |
| 5 | Latin | examen | swarm of bees; crowd; tongue of a balance; a... |
| 6 | Latin | exagmen | — |
| 7 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |