Where does “ortopedă” come from?
ortopedă (Romanian) comes from Romanian ortoped, from Romanian ortopedie, from French orthopédie, from Ancient Greek παιδεία, from Ancient Greek παιδεύω, from Ancient Greek παῖς, from Proto-Hellenic pā́wits, from Proto-Indo-European péh₂wids — few, little; smallness.
ortopedă (Romanian): female equivalent of ortoped
Definitions
- female equivalent of ortoped
Ancestry of “ortopedă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ortoped | orthopedist |
| 2 | Romanian | ortopedie | orthopedics |
| 3 | French | orthopédie | orthopaedics |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παιδεία | upbringing; training, education; youth, childhood |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παιδεύω | I raise, bring up a child; I train, teach,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παῖς | child, son, daughter; young person, child, boy,... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | pā́wits | child |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂wids | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |