Where does “ciocănitoare de grădini” come from?
ciocănitoare de grădini (Romanian) comes from Romanian de, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti, from Proto-Indo-European pós — afterwards, post; by, at.
ciocănitoare de grădini (Romanian): Syrian woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus)
Definitions
- Syrian woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus)
Ancestry of “ciocănitoare de grădini”, step by step
ciocănitoare de grădini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | de | from; of; by |
| 2 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 3 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 4 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Romanian ciocănitoare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ciocănitoare | woodpecker |
| 2 | Romanian | -toare | female equivalent of -tor: -er; feminine singular... |
| 3 | Romanian | -tor | -er; -ing |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |