Where does “matimă” come from?

matimă (Romanian) comes from Greek μάθημα, from Greek -μα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

matimă (Romanian): lesson

Definitions

  1. lesson

Ancestry of “matimă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekμάθημαlesson; subject; lesson, experience
2Greek-μακαπνίζω + API → κάπνισμα; ζεσταίνω + API →...
3Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
4Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰEvery word from Greek -μα
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