Where does “mătușă” come from?
mătușă (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin mita, from Latin amita, from Proto-Indo-European amma- — mother.
mătușă (Romanian): aunt
Ancestry of “mătușă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | mita | — |
| 2 | Latin | amita | paternal aunt; father's sister |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | amma- | mother |