Where does “fântânioară” come from?
fântânioară (Romanian) comes from Romanian -ioară, from Romanian -ior, from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
fântânioară (Romanian): small well
Definitions
- small well
Ancestry of “fântânioară”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | -ioară | Forms diminutives of feminine nouns |
| 2 | Romanian | -ior | Forms diminutives of nouns |
| 3 | Latin | -olus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";... |
| 4 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |