Where does “crematoriu” come from?
crematoriu (Romanian) comes from French crématoire, from New Latin crematorium, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
crematoriu (Romanian): crematory
Definitions
- crematory
Ancestry of “crematoriu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | crématoire | crematory |
| 2 | New Latin | crematorium | — |
| 3 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |