Where does “scatină” come from?

scatină (Romanian) comes from Latin squatina, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

scatină (Romanian): shark

Definitions

  1. shark

Ancestry of “scatină”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsquatinaThe angel shark
2Latin-inanominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative...
3Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
4Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
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