Where does “străbunică” come from?

străbunică (Romanian) comes from Romanian stră-, from Latin extrā, from Latin exter, from Proto-Italic *eksteros.

străbunică (Romanian): great-grandmother

Definitions

  1. great-grandmother

Ancestry of “străbunică”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianstră-Shows intensification of verb, superiority, age...
2Latinextrāon the outside
3LatinexterOn the outside, outward, external, outer; Of...
4Proto-Italic*eksteros—
Every word from Proto-Italic *eksteros →Every word from Latin exter →Every word from Latin extrā →