Where does “inginerie” come from?
inginerie (Romanian) comes from Romanian inginer, from German Ingenieur, from French ingénieur, from Old French engigneor, from Latin ingeniator, from Latin ingeniārius, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
inginerie (Romanian): engineering
Definitions
- engineering
Ancestry of “inginerie”, step by step
inginerie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian inginer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | inginer | engineer |
| 2 | German | Ingenieur | engineer |
| 3 | French | ingénieur | engineer; conductor |
| 4 | Old French | engigneor | deceiver; one who deceives; engineer |
| 5 | Latin | ingeniator | engineer |
| 6 | Latin | ingeniārius | an engineer |
| 7 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 8 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 10 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |