Where does “semisumă” come from?
semisumă (Romanian) comes from Romanian sumă, from French sommer, from French Somme, from Old French somme, from Latin summa, from Latin summus, from Proto-Italic supemos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)úp-m̥mo-s.
semisumă (Romanian): semisum
Definitions
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Ancestry of “semisumă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | sumă | quantity, amount, sum; total, sum; an amount of... |
| 2 | French | sommer | to sum up; to summon, to call |
| 3 | French | Somme | sum; total |
| 4 | Old French | somme | — |
| 5 | Latin | summa | top, summit, highest point or place; the... |
| 6 | Latin | summus | highest, greatest, the most high; top, on top |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | supemos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)úp-m̥mo-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |