Where does “mâțesc” come from?
mâțesc (Romanian) comes from Romanian mata, from Romanian dumneata, from Romanian domnia, from Romanian ta, from Vulgar Latin ta, from Latin tua, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз.
mâțesc (Romanian): catty
Definitions
- catty
Ancestry of “mâțesc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | mata | you |
| 2 | Romanian | dumneata | you |
| 3 | Romanian | domnia | — |
| 4 | Romanian | ta | feminine singular of tău your; yours |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | ta | — |
| 6 | Latin | tua | inflection of tuus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 7 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 8 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 9 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 10 | Polish | tu | here |
| 11 | Polish | być | to be |
| 12 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 13 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 14 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |