Where does “litigiu” come from?

litigiu (Romanian) comes from French litige, from Latin litigium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

litigiu (Romanian): litigation

Definitions

  1. litigation

Ancestry of “litigiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlitigelitigation
2Latinlitigiumquarrel
3Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →