Where does “religios” come from?
religios (Romanian) comes from French religieux, from Middle French religieux, from Old French religieus, from Latin religiōsus, from Latin religiō, from Latin religō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.
religios (Romanian): religious
Ancestry of “religios”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | religieux | religious; a religious person |
| 2 | Middle French | religieux | — |
| 3 | Old French | religieus | religious; monk |
| 4 | Latin | religiōsus | — |
| 5 | Latin | religiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | religō | — |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |