Where does “naiadă” come from?

naiadă (Romanian) comes from French naïade, from Ancient Greek Νᾱϊάς, from Ancient Greek νάειν — to flow.

naiadă (Romanian): naiad

Definitions

  1. naiad

Ancestry of “naiadă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnaïadenaiad
2Ancient GreekΝᾱϊάςnaiad
3Ancient Greekνάεινto flow
Every word from Ancient Greek νάειν →Every word from Ancient Greek Νᾱϊάς →Every word from French naïade →