Where does “simeză” come from?

simeză (Romanian) comes from French cimaise, from Latin cȳmatium, from Ancient Greek κυμάτιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

simeză (Romanian): picture rail

Definitions

  1. picture rail

Ancestry of “simeză”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcimaisecymatium
2LatincȳmatiumThe volute of an Ionic column
3Ancient Greekκυμάτιονa small cyma
4Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐον →Every word from Ancient Greek κυμάτιον →