Where does “cenușă” come from?
cenușă (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin cinusia, from Latin cinus, from Latin cinis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱen- — to set oneself in motion, arise.
cenușă (Romanian): ash; cinder
Ancestry of “cenușă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | cinusia | ash |
| 2 | Latin | cinus | — |
| 3 | Latin | cinis | cold ashes; ruins of a burned city |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱen- | to set oneself in motion, arise |
Words derived from “cenușă”