Where does “preafrumos” come from?

preafrumos (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.

preafrumos (Romanian): very beautiful

Definitions

  1. very beautiful

Ancestry of “preafrumos”, step by step

preafrumos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian prea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpreatoo
2Old Church Slavonicпрѣ-over
3Proto-Slavicper-over-; re-
4Proto-Slavicpro-pro-, for-, through
5Proto-Slavic*profor
6Proto-Balto-Slavic*pra
7Proto-Indo-Europeanprótoward, leading to
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Romanian frumos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfrumosbeautiful; handsome
2Latinfōrmōsusbeautiful, handsome
3Latinfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance
4Etruscanmorma
5Ancient Greekμορφήshape, form; appearance; outline
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós