Where does “precum și” come from?
precum și (Romanian) comes from Romanian precum, from Romanian cum, from Late Latin quomo, from Latin quōmodo, from Latin quō, from Latin quī, from Latin -cumque, from Latin cumque — whale, sea monster; abyss.
precum și (Romanian): as well as
Definitions
- as well as
Ancestry of “precum și”, step by step
precum și traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian precum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | precum | as |
| 2 | Romanian | cum | how; as, since, because |
| 3 | Late Latin | quomo | — |
| 4 | Latin | quōmodo | in what manner or way?; how? |
| 5 | Latin | quō | whither, whereto, where |
| 6 | Latin | quī | who, that, which, what |
| 7 | Latin | -cumque | Used to derive indefinite adjectives, adverbs and... |
| 8 | Latin | cumque | however, whenever, howsoever, whensoever |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via Romanian și
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | și | and; also; form of își in hyphenated compounds... |
| 2 | Italian | sì | yes; so |
| 3 | Italian | bene | upper-class, posh, high; well, nicely, OK, right;... |
| 4 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 5 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 6 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |