Where does “negreață” come from?
negreață (Romanian) comes from Latin nigritia, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
negreață (Romanian): quality or attribute of being the color black; blackness, darkness
Definitions
- quality or attribute of being the color black; blackness, darkness
Ancestry of “negreață”, step by step
negreață traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin nigritia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | nigritia | blackness, black color |
| 2 | Latin | -itia | -ness, -ity |
| 3 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Romanian negru
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | negru | black; dirty, grimy; black person |