Where does “opinie” come from?

opinie (Romanian) comes from Latin opīniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

opinie (Romanian): opinion

Definitions

  1. opinion

Ancestry of “opinie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinopīniōopinion, conjecture, imagination, fancy, belief, expectation
2Latin-iō
3Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
6Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yétiEvery word from Latin -iō