Where does “mâțișoară” come from?
mâțișoară (Romanian) comes from Romanian mata, from Romanian dumneata, from Romanian domnia, from Romanian Domn, from Late Latin domnus, from Latin Dominus, from Latin domus, from Proto-Italic domos — to build; to arrange, to put together.
Ancestry of “mâțișoară”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | mata | you |
| 2 | Romanian | dumneata | you |
| 3 | Romanian | domnia | — |
| 4 | Romanian | Domn | God |
| 5 | Late Latin | domnus | lord; master |
| 6 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 7 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |