Where does “jojă” come from?
jojă (Romanian) comes from French jauge, from Middle French jauge, from Old French jauge, from Vulgar Latin gallicus, from Latin Gallia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
jojă (Romanian): gauge
Definitions
- gauge
Ancestry of “jojă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | jauge | a gauge; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Middle French | jauge | — |
| 3 | Old French | jauge | gauging rod |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | gallicus | French; Gallic , Gaulish |
| 5 | Latin | Gallia | Gaul, modern-day France; France |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |