Where does “poetesă” come from?
poetesă (Romanian) comes from French poétesse, from French -esse, from Italian -essa, from Portuguese -esa, from Spanish -esa, from Spanish -és, from Spanish política, from Spanish político — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
poetesă (Romanian): poetess
Definitions
- poetess
Ancestry of “poetesă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | poétesse | female equivalent of poète: poetess |
| 2 | French | -esse | used to form nouns describing the condition of... |
| 3 | Italian | -essa | -ess |
| 4 | Portuguese | -esa | feminine singular of -ês |
| 5 | Spanish | -esa | feminine singular of -és |
| 6 | Spanish | -és | Forms nouns and adjectives of nationality;... |
| 7 | Spanish | política | politics; policy; female equivalent of político |
| 8 | Spanish | político | political; in-law; politician |
| 9 | Latin | polīticus | political, civil, of the state, relating to civil polity |
| 10 | Swedish | politisk | political, having to do with politics |
| 11 | Swedish | politik | politics |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | πολιτικός | civic, constitutional, public; social |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 15 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |