Where does “profetesă” come from?
profetesă (Romanian) comes from French prophétesse, from Ecclesiastical Latin prophetissa, from Latin propheta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης, from Ancient Greek φημί, from Proto-Hellenic pʰā́mā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-meh₂, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-.
profetesă (Romanian): prophetess
Definitions
- prophetess
Ancestry of “profetesă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | prophétesse | female equivalent of prophète |
| 2 | Ecclesiastical Latin | prophetissa | prophetess |
| 3 | Latin | propheta | prophet, soothsayer |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | προφήτης | one who speaks for and interprets the will of a... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φημί | I speak, say; I say yes, agree, affirm, assert |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | pʰā́mā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-meh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |