Where does “postfață” come from?
postfață (Romanian) comes from Romanian fată, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
postfață (Romanian): afterword
Definitions
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Ancestry of “postfață”, step by step
postfață traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian fată
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | fată | girl; daughter |
| 2 | Late Latin | facia | — |
| 3 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Romanian post
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | post | fast, fasting |
| 2 | French | poste | post office; mail, postal service/system; job,... |
| 3 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 4 | Italian | posto | place, spot |
| 5 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 6 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |