Where does “prezumție” come from?
prezumție (Romanian) comes from French présomption, from Middle French presumption, from Old French presumption, from Latin praesumptiō, from Latin praesumptum, from Latin praesumo, from Latin prae-, from Proto-Italic prai- — passed , crossed.
prezumție (Romanian): presumption
Ancestry of “prezumție”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | présomption | presumption, supposition |
| 2 | Middle French | presumption | assumption |
| 3 | Old French | presumption | presumption |
| 4 | Latin | praesumptiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | praesumptum | nominative neuter singular of praesūmptus;... |
| 6 | Latin | praesumo | I presume, "in its separate senses:" |
| 7 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | prai- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |