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Where does “mărunțiș” come from?

mărunțiș (Romanian) comes 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.

mărunțiș (Romanian): trifles, small change, odd money, small ware,...

Definitions

  1. trifles, small change, odd money, small ware,...

Ancestry of “mărunțiș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmăruntvery small, tiny, trifling, petty
2Romanian-iș—
3Latin-icius-itious
4Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
5Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
6Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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