Where does “stăreție” come from?

stăreție (Romanian) comes from Romanian -ie, from Latin -īlia, from Swahili -lia.

stăreție (Romanian): abbacy

Definitions

  1. abbacy

Ancestry of “stăreție”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-ieUsed with a stem to create a noun relating to...
2Latin-īlia—
3Swahili-lia—
Every word from Swahili -lia →Every word from Romanian -ie →Every word from Latin -īlia →