Where does “latifundiu” come from?
latifundiu (Romanian) comes from Latin lātifundium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
latifundiu (Romanian): very large estate, great landed property
Definitions
- very large estate, great landed property
Ancestry of “latifundiu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | lātifundium | great landed estate, large farm |
| 2 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 3 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |