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
Ancestry of “străbunică”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | stră- | Shows intensification of verb, superiority, age... |
| 2 | Latin | extrā | — |
| 3 | Latin | exter | On the outside, outward, external, outer; Of... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *eksteros | — |