Where does “câinie” come from?
câinie (Romanian) comes from Romanian câine, from Latin Canis, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
câinie (Romanian): hardheartedness
Definitions
- hardheartedness
Ancestry of “câinie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | câine | dog |
| 2 | Latin | Canis | a dog, a hound animal |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |