Where does “mârcezime” come from?
mârcezime (Romanian) comes from Romanian mârced, from Latin marcidus, from Latin marceō, from Latin Mārtius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
mârcezime (Romanian): withering, fading
Definitions
- withering, fading
Ancestry of “mârcezime”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | mârced | withered, faded; wet and rotten; thin, sickly,... |
| 2 | Latin | marcidus | withered, dropping, rotten; apathetic, languid;... |
| 3 | Latin | marceō | to wither, droop, shrink, shrivel |
| 4 | Latin | Mārtius | of or belonging to Mars, the god of war; sacred to Mars |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |