Where does “minunăție” come from?
minunăție (Romanian) comes from Romanian minunat, from Romanian minuna, from Romanian minune, from Romanian mirune, from Vulgar Latin mirio, from Latin miror, from Latin mirus, from Proto-Italic smeiros — to smile; to smear, stroke, wipe, rub; to be...
minunăție (Romanian): wonder, marvel, prodigy, wonderful thing
Definitions
- wonder, marvel, prodigy, wonderful thing
Ancestry of “minunăție”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | minunat | wonderful |
| 2 | Romanian | minuna | to astound, amaze, astonish; to wonder, marvel at |
| 3 | Romanian | minune | wonder, marvel, miracle |
| 4 | Romanian | mirune | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | mirio | A singularly or defectively formed person; A... |
| 6 | Latin | miror | I am astonished at, marvel at, admire, am amazed... |
| 7 | Latin | mirus | wonderful, marvelous, amazing, surprising,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | smeiros | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sméyros | laughing, smiling |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | smey- | to smile; to smear, stroke, wipe, rub; to be... |