Where does “climacteriu” come from?

climacteriu (Romanian) comes from Finnish klimakterium, from Ancient Greek κλιμακτήρ, from Ancient Greek -τήρ, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

climacteriu (Romanian): climacterium

Definitions

  1. climacterium

Ancestry of “climacteriu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishklimakteriumclimacteric, climacterium, menopause
2Ancient Greekκλιμακτήρrung of a ladder; critical point in human life
3Ancient Greek-τήρAdded to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗrEvery word from Ancient Greek -τήρEvery word from Ancient Greek κλιμακτήρ