Where does “semidreaptă” come from?
semidreaptă (Romanian) comes from Romanian dreaptă, from Romanian drept, from Romanian -tate, from Latin -tātem, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
semidreaptă (Romanian): ray, half-line
Definitions
- ray, half-line
Ancestry of “semidreaptă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | dreaptă | feminine singular of drept |
| 2 | Romanian | drept | right; right, just, moral; straight |
| 3 | Romanian | -tate | -ty, -ness; Examples include; greutate |
| 4 | Latin | -tātem | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |