Where does “prestanță” come from?
prestanță (Romanian) comes from French prestance, from Latin praestantia, from Latin praestans, from Latin praesto, from Latin prae-, from Proto-Italic prai-, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
prestanță (Romanian): stateliness
Definitions
- stateliness
Ancestry of “prestanță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | prestance | presence |
| 2 | Latin | praestantia | preeminence, superiority, excellence; nominative... |
| 3 | Latin | praestans | excelling; providing, supplying |
| 4 | Latin | praesto | present, at hand, ready; at hand, ready to help;... |
| 5 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |