Where does “preaadânc” come from?
preaadânc (Romanian) comes from Romanian prea, from Old Church Slavonic прѣ-, from Proto-Slavic per-, from Proto-Slavic pro-, from Proto-Slavic *pro, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pra, from Proto-Indo-European pró, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
preaadânc (Romanian): very deep
Definitions
- very deep
Ancestry of “preaadânc”, step by step
preaadânc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian prea
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | prea | too |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | прѣ- | over |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | per- | over-; re- |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | pro- | pro-, for-, through |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *pro | for |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *pra | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Romanian adânc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | adânc | deep; profound; serious |
| 2 | Latin | aduncus | hooked, bent, curved |
| 3 | Latin | uncus | hook, barb; a hook used to drag criminals by the... |
| 4 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |