Where does “prefațator” come from?
prefațator (Romanian) comes from Romanian prefața, from French préfacer, from French préface, from Old French preface, from Medieval Latin prefatia, from Latin praefātiō, from Latin praefor, from Latin prae- — passed , crossed.
prefațator (Romanian): prefacer
Definitions
- prefacer
Ancestry of “prefațator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | prefața | to preface |
| 2 | French | préfacer | to write a preface |
| 3 | French | préface | preface; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Old French | preface | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | prefatia | — |
| 6 | Latin | praefātiō | preface, prologue |
| 7 | Latin | praefor | I say, utter, mention beforehand or in advance; I... |
| 8 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |