Where does “năsușor” come from?

năsușor (Romanian) comes from Romanian naș, from Latin nāsus, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

năsușor (Romanian): small nose

Definitions

  1. small nose

Ancestry of “năsușor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniannașgodfather
2LatinnāsusThe nose
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin nāsus →
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