Where does “deficitar” come from?
deficitar (Romanian) comes from French déficitaire, from French -aire, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
deficitar (Romanian): in the red, having a deficit
Definitions
- in the red, having a deficit
Ancestry of “deficitar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | déficitaire | loss-making, in the red |
| 2 | French | -aire | -ary; -aire |
| 3 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |