Where does “somptuos” come from?

somptuos (Romanian) comes from French somptueux, from Middle French sumptueux, from Latin sumptuōsus, from Latin sūmptus, from Latin sumō, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

somptuos (Romanian): sumptuous

Definitions

  1. sumptuous

Ancestry of “somptuos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsomptueuxsumptuous
2Middle Frenchsumptueuxsumptuous
3LatinsumptuōsusVery expensive or costly
4Latinsūmptusassumed, claimed
5Latinsumōto take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate
6Latinsub-under, sub
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Latin sub- →