Where does “lăți” come from?

lăți (Romanian) comes from Romanian laț, from Latin lātus, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂.

lăți (Romanian): to widen, broaden; to spread, extend, dilate

Definitions

  1. to widen, broaden; to spread, extend, dilate

Ancestry of “lăți”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlațsnare; noose; loop
2Latinlātuswide, broad
3LatincaudaA tail
4Proto-Italickaudātail
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂

Words derived from “lăți

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂Every word from Proto-Italic kaudāEvery word from Latin cauda