Where does “fostă” come from?

fostă (Romanian) comes from Romanian fost, from Romanian fi, from Latin sūm, from Proto-Italic ezom, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- — to be.

fostă (Romanian): ex-girlfriend

Definitions

  1. ex-girlfriend

Ancestry of “fostă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfostbeen; former; ex-boyfriend
2Romanianfito be; to feel
3Latinsūmto be, exist
4Proto-Italicezomto be
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésmifirst-person singular present indicative of...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-to be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi →Every word from Proto-Italic ezom →