Where does “peți” come from?

peți (Romanian) comes from Latin petīre, from Latin petere, from Latin peto, from Proto-Indo-European péth₂eti, from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- — to spread out; to fly.

peți (Romanian): to propose, ask to marry, often through an...

Definitions

  1. to propose, ask to marry, often through an...

Ancestry of “peți”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpetīre—
2Latinpeterepresent active infinitive of petō; second-person...
3LatinpetoI ask, beg, request; I make for; I seek, aim at,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpéth₂etito fly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeth₂-to spread out; to fly

Words derived from “peți”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European péth₂eti →Every word from Latin peto →