Where does “greșeluță” come from?
greșeluță (Romanian) comes from Romanian greșeală, from Romanian greși, from Old Church Slavonic грѣшити, from Proto-Slavic grěšiti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
Ancestry of “greșeluță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | greșeală | mistake |
| 2 | Romanian | greși | to err, to do wrong, to mistake; to transgress,... |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | грѣшити | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | grěšiti | to sin |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |