Where does “necăsătorie” come from?
necăsătorie (Romanian) comes from Romanian căsătorie, from Romanian căsător, from Romanian casă, from French casser, from Old French quasser, from Latin quassō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
necăsătorie (Romanian): celibacy
Definitions
- celibacy
Ancestry of “necăsătorie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | căsătorie | marriage, wedlock, matrimony |
| 2 | Romanian | căsător | — |
| 3 | Romanian | casă | house |
| 4 | French | casser | to break; to break up |
| 5 | Old French | quasser | to break; to annul; to quash |
| 6 | Latin | quassō | to shake repeatedly, to quake |
| 7 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |