Where does “preastimat” come from?
preastimat (Romanian) comes from Romanian stimat, from Romanian stimă, from Italian stima, from Italian stimare, from Romanian -re, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
preastimat (Romanian): very respected
Definitions
- very respected
Ancestry of “preastimat”, step by step
preastimat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian stimat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | stimat | esteemed |
| 2 | Romanian | stimă | esteem, respect |
| 3 | Italian | stima | respect; estimate, valuation; esteem |
| 4 | Italian | stimare | to estimate, to value, to assess, to calculate;... |
| 5 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |