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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
2Latinnāsus—
3Latin-ō—
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →