Where does “nobilime” come from?
nobilime (Romanian) comes from Romanian nobil, from Italian nobile, from Latin nōbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
nobilime (Romanian): nobility
Definitions
- nobility
Ancestry of “nobilime”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | nobil | noble |
| 2 | Italian | nobile | aristocratic, noble, titled; noble, lofty; noble |
| 3 | Latin | nōbilis | noble, high-born |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |