Where does “nemaivăzut” come from?

nemaivăzut (Romanian) comes from Romanian mai, from Latin magis, from Dutch magisch, from Dutch magie, from French magie, from Middle French magie, from Latin magīa, from Ancient Greek μαγεία — to be able.

nemaivăzut (Romanian): unseen before

Definitions

  1. unseen before

Ancestry of “nemaivăzut”, step by step

nemaivăzut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian mai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianmaiMay; more; mallet, maul, sledgehammer, rammer,...
2Latinmagismore; more greatly; better
3Dutchmagischmagical, controlled or determined by supernatural...
4Dutchmagiemagic, sorcery occult woo, black or white magic, etc.; hence supernatural occurrences or phenonomena
5Frenchmagiemagic; A magical, surprising, fascinating feat;...
6Middle Frenchmagie
7Latinmagīamagic, sorcery
8Ancient Greekμαγείαtheology of the Magians
9Ancient GreekΜάγοςmagician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster,...
10Old Persian𐎶𐎦𐏁priest
11Proto-Iranianmagúš
12Proto-Indo-Iranianmagʰúš
13Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-ú-s
14Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-to be able

via Romanian văzut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvăzutpast participle of vedea seen; seen
2Vulgar Latin*vidūtus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European megʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European megʰ-ú-sEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian magʰúš