Where does “bunătate” come from?
bunătate (Romanian) comes from Romanian bun, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
bunătate (Romanian): kindness, goodness, benevolence, kindliness,...
Definitions
- kindness, goodness, benevolence, kindliness,...
Ancestry of “bunătate”, step by step
bunătate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian bun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | bun | good; good, asset, possession; grandfather |
| 2 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 3 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |
via Latin bonitās
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | bonitās | The good quality of something; goodness, excellence |
| 2 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |