Where does “miretei” come from?
miretei (Romanian) comes from Romanian mărit, from Romanian mări, from Romanian mare, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.
Ancestry of “miretei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | mărit | husband, married man; first-person singular... |
| 2 | Romanian | mări | plural of mare; to enlarge, make bigger, greater |
| 3 | Romanian | mare | big, large, great; great, mighty; sea |
| 4 | Latin | mare | sea; ablative singular of mās |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | mari | sea |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | móri | sea; standing water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |