Where does “preavechi” come from?

preavechi (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.

preavechi (Romanian): ancient

Definitions

  1. ancient

Ancestry of “preavechi”, step by step

preavechi 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 vechi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvechiold
2Late Latinveclus
3Latinvetulusold; little old, poor old; old man; little old...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos
6Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pró