Where does “nașă” come from?

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

nașă (Romanian): godmother; midwife

Definitions

  1. godmother; midwife

Ancestry of “nașă”, 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 →