Where does “mătușă” come from?

mătușă (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin mita, from Latin amita, from Proto-Indo-European amma- — mother.

mătușă (Romanian): aunt

Definitions

  1. aunt

Ancestry of “mătușă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinmita—
2Latinamitapaternal aunt; father's sister
3Proto-Indo-Europeanamma-mother

Words derived from “mătușă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European amma- →Every word from Latin amita →Every word from Vulgar Latin mita →