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
Definitions
- religious
Ancestry of “religios”, step by step
religios traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French religieux
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | religieux | religious; a religious person |
| 2 | Middle French | religieux | — |
| 3 | Old French | religieus | religious; monk |
| 4 | Latin | religiōsus | pious, devout, religious |
| 5 | Latin | religiō | scrupulousness, conscientious exactness |
| 6 | Latin | religō | to bind fast |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 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 |