Where does “măiculiță” come from?

măiculiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian -uliță, from Romanian -ul, from Old Romanian *-lu, from Latin illum, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

măiculiță (Romanian): goodness me, my goodness

Definitions

  1. goodness me, my goodness

Ancestry of “măiculiță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-uliță—
2Romanian-ulvariant of -l
3Old Romanian*-lu—
4Latinillumaccusative masculine singular of ille
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →