Where does “falimentar” come from?
falimentar (Romanian) comes from Romanian faliment, from Italian fallimento, from Italian -mento, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
falimentar (Romanian): bankrupt
Definitions
- bankrupt
Ancestry of “falimentar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | faliment | bankruptcy |
| 2 | Italian | fallimento | failure, flop; bankruptcy |
| 3 | Italian | -mento | Forms nouns that represent the action of a... |
| 4 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 5 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |