Where does “mâțulică” come from?
mâțulică (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 “mâțulică”, 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 |