Where does “pinacotecă” come from?
pinacotecă (Romanian) comes from French pinacothèque, from Latin pinacothēca, from Ancient Greek πινακοθήκη, from Ancient Greek πίναξ, from Latin -ulum, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
pinacotecă (Romanian): pinacotheca
Definitions
- pinacotheca
Ancestry of “pinacotecă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pinacothèque | art gallery |
| 2 | Latin | pinacothēca | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πινακοθήκη | picture gallery |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πίναξ | board, plank; tablet; dish, plate, platter,... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulum | Used to form a noun of instrument or means from a... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |