Where does “etiaj” come from?

etiaj (Romanian) comes from French étiage, from Vulgar Latin aestīvāticum, from Latin aestīvus, from Latin autumnus, from Latin auctumnus, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewǵ- — cold.

etiaj (Romanian): lowest water level (of a river course)

Definitions

  1. lowest water level (of a river course)

Ancestry of “etiaj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchétiagelowest water level (of a river course)
2Vulgar Latinaestīvāticum—
3Latinaestīvussummer
4Latinautumnusautumn, fall; autumn; autumnal
5Latinauctumnusautumn; autumn; autumnal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewǵ-cold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewǵ- →Every word from Latin auctumnus →Every word from Latin autumnus →