Where does “cercustare” come from?
cercustare (Romanian) comes from Romanian stare, from Romanian -re, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
cercustare (Romanian): circumstance
Definitions
- circumstance
Ancestry of “cercustare”, step by step
cercustare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian stare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | stare | status, standing, situation, position, condition;... |
| 2 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 3 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |