Where does “scenă” come from?

scenă (Romanian) comes from French scène, from Middle French scene, from Latin scaena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

scenă (Romanian): scene

Definitions

  1. scene

Ancestry of “scenă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchscènescene, stage
2Middle Frenchscenestage
3Latinscaenastage; scene; theatre
4Ancient Greekσκηνήtent; stage
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃ih₂shadow, shade
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

Words derived from “scenă

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃ih₂Every word from Ancient Greek σκηνή