Where does “pronunțare” come from?
pronunțare (Romanian) comes from Romanian pronunța, 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- — passed , crossed.
pronunțare (Romanian): pronunciation
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Ancestry of “pronunțare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | pronunța | to pronounce |
| 2 | Latin | pronuntiare | present active infinitive of prōnūntiō;... |
| 3 | Latin | pronuntio | I proclaim, declare, announce |
| 4 | Latin | pro- | forward direction, forward movement; action... |
| 5 | Latin | pro | + "ablative"; for; on behalf of, in the interest... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |