Where does “creștinătate” come from?
creștinătate (Romanian) comes from Romanian creștin, from Latin Christiānus, from Latin Chrīstus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός, from Ancient Greek χρίω, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrēy-, from Proto-Indo-European gʰer- — to rub; to stroke; to grind.
creștinătate (Romanian): Christendom; the entirety of the Christian people
Definitions
- Christendom; the entirety of the Christian people
Ancestry of “creștinătate”, step by step
creștinătate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian creștin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | creștin | Christian |
| 2 | Latin | Christiānus | Christian |
| 3 | Latin | Chrīstus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Χριστός | anointed; messiah; annointed, the annointed one,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |
via Latin Christiānitās
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Christiānitās | Christianity |
| 2 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |