Where does “hoție” come from?

hoție (Romanian) comes from Romanian -ie, from Latin -īlia, from Swahili -lia.

hoție (Romanian): robbery, theft

Definitions

  1. robbery, theft

Ancestry of “hoție”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-ieUsed with a stem to create a noun relating to...
2Latin-īlia—
3Swahili-lia—
Every word from Swahili -lia →Every word from Romanian -ie →Every word from Latin -īlia →
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