Where does “limbă-de-mare” come from?
limbă-de-mare (Romanian) comes from Romanian de, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti, from Proto-Indo-European pós — afterwards, post; by, at.
limbă-de-mare (Romanian): sand sole (Pegusa lascaris)
Definitions
- sand sole (Pegusa lascaris)
Ancestry of “limbă-de-mare”, step by step
limbă-de-mare traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | de | from; of; by |
| 2 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 3 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 4 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Romanian limbă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | limbă | tongue; language |
| 2 | Latin | lingua | tongue; a speech; an utterance or expression |
| 3 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |