Where does “mioară” come from?
mioară (Romanian) comes from Romanian mior, from Latin agnelliōlus, from Latin agnellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
mioară (Romanian): ewe lamb
Ancestry of “mioară”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | mior | lamb of two years |
| 2 | Latin | agnelliōlus | — |
| 3 | Latin | agnellus | a little lamb, lambkin |
| 4 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “mioară”