Where does “grafitizare” come from?
grafitizare (Romanian) comes from Romanian grafitiza, from Romanian grafit, from French graphite, from German graphit, from German -it, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
grafitizare (Romanian): graphitization
Definitions
- graphitization
Ancestry of “grafitizare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | grafitiza | to graffiti |
| 2 | Romanian | grafit | graphite |
| 3 | French | graphite | graphite (form of carbon) |
| 4 | German | graphit | graphite form of carbon |
| 5 | German | -it | -ite |
| 6 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 7 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |