Where does “nuntă” come from?

nuntă (Romanian) comes from Latin nūptiae, from Latin nūpta, from Latin nūptus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

nuntă (Romanian): wedding (marriage ceremony)

Definitions

  1. wedding (marriage ceremony)

Ancestry of “nuntă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnūptiaewedding, marriage, nuptials
2Latinnūptabride
3Latinnūptuscovered, veiled, having been veiled
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “nuntă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin nūptus →