Where does “mărunțeli” come from?
mărunțeli (Romanian) comes from Romanian mărunțel, from Romanian mărunt, from Romanian -iș, from Latin -icius, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
mărunțeli (Romanian): to cut up into small pieces
Definitions
- to cut up into small pieces
Ancestry of “mărunțeli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | mărunțel | Diminutive of mărunt very small, tiny, mean |
| 2 | Romanian | mărunt | very small, tiny, trifling, petty |
| 3 | Romanian | -iș | forms collective nouns |
| 4 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 5 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |