Where does “rădăciniu” come from?

rădăciniu (Romanian) comes from Romanian rădăcină, from Late Latin radicina, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

rădăciniu (Romanian): dark yellowish, the color of tree roots

Definitions

  1. dark yellowish, the color of tree roots

Ancestry of “rădăciniu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianrădăcinăroot
2Late Latinradicinaroot
3Latin-inanominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative...
4Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
5Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Latin -ina →