Where does “stemă” come from?
stemă (Romanian) comes from Greek στέμμα, from Ancient Greek στέμμα, from Ancient Greek στέφω, from Proto-Hellenic stékʷʰō, from Proto-Indo-European stegʷʰ- — to enlace.
stemă (Romanian): coat of arms; corona
Ancestry of “stemă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Greek | στέμμα | crown; corona |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | στέμμα | wreath, garland, chaplet; pedigrees, family trees |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | στέφω | I put around; I encircle, crown, wreath, garland |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | stékʷʰō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | stegʷʰ- | to enlace |