Where does “naș” come from?

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

naș (Romanian): godfather

Definitions

  1. godfather

Ancestry of “naș”, step by step

naș traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin nāsus

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

via Romanian nănaș

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniannănaș—

Words derived from “naș”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin nāsus →