Where does “scufundat” come from?
scufundat (Romanian) comes from Romanian scufunda, from Vulgar Latin *excōnfundāre, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.
scufundat (Romanian): immersed, submerged; past participle of scufunda
Definitions
- immersed, submerged; past participle of scufunda
Ancestry of “scufundat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | scufunda | to sink; to submerge, immerse |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *excōnfundāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |