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
Ancestry of “nașă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | naș | godfather |
| 2 | Latin | nāsus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |