Where does “pronunța” come from?
pronunța (Romanian) comes from Latin pronuntiare, from Latin pronuntio, from Latin pro-, from Latin pro, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
pronunța (Romanian): to pronounce
Definitions
- to pronounce
Ancestry of “pronunța”, step by step
pronunța traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin pronuntiare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | pronuntiare | present active infinitive of prōnūntiō;... |
| 2 | Latin | pronuntio | I proclaim, declare, announce |
| 3 | Latin | pro- | forward direction, forward movement; action... |
| 4 | Latin | pro | + "ablative"; for; on behalf of, in the interest... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via French prononcer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | prononcer | to pronounce; to say, mention; to give, deliver |
| 2 | Latin | prōnūntiō | to proclaim, declare, announce |
| 3 | Latin | nūntiō | to announce, declare |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |