Where does “echinocțiu” come from?
echinocțiu (Romanian) comes from French équinoxe, from Old French equinoce, from Medieval Latin equinoxium, from Latin aequinoctium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
echinocțiu (Romanian): equinox
Ancestry of “echinocțiu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | équinoxe | equinox |
| 2 | Old French | equinoce | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | equinoxium | — |
| 4 | Latin | aequinoctium | equinox |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |