Where does “mamă vitregă” come from?
mamă vitregă (Romanian) comes from Romanian mamă, from Latin mamma, from Latin ferō, from Proto-Italic ferō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.
mamă vitregă (Romanian): stepmother
Definitions
- stepmother
Ancestry of “mamă vitregă”, step by step
mamă vitregă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian mamă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | mamă | mother |
| 2 | Latin | mamma | a breast; an udder; a pap; a teat, a dug |
| 3 | Latin | ferō | to bear; to carry |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | ferō | carry, bear |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéreti | to be carrying |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |
via Romanian vitregă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | vitregă | — |