Where does “sonotecă” come from?

sonotecă (Romanian) comes from French sonothèque, from French thèque, from Ancient Greek θήκη, from Ancient Greek τίθημι, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

sonotecă (Romanian): sound library

Definitions

  1. sound library

Ancestry of “sonotecă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsonothèquesound library
2Frenchthèquetheca
3Ancient Greekθήκηbox, chest; grave, tomb; sword sheath
4Ancient GreekτίθημιI put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Ancient Greek τίθημι →Every word from Ancient Greek θήκη →