Where does “stepenă” come from?

stepenă (Romanian) comes from Old Church Slavonic степень, from Proto-Slavic *stepy — step?, stair?.

stepenă (Romanian): rank

Definitions

  1. rank

Ancestry of “stepenă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicстепеньstair
2Proto-Slavic*stepystep?, stair?
Every word from Proto-Slavic *stepy →Every word from Old Church Slavonic степень →
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