Where does “formulă” come from?
formulă (Romanian) comes from French formuler, from French formulé, from Latin formula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
formulă (Romanian): formula, method; phrase
Definitions
- formula, method; phrase
Ancestry of “formulă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | formuler | to formulate; to express; to word, to put into... |
| 2 | French | formulé | past participle of formuler |
| 3 | Latin | formula | shape, outline; form; beauty; pattern, mould;... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |