Where does “străin” come from?
străin (Romanian) comes from Latin extrāneus, from Latin -āneus, from Latin -eus, from Proto-Italic *-eos.
străin (Romanian): foreign, strange; foreigner, alien
Definitions
- foreign, strange; foreigner, alien
Ancestry of “străin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | extrāneus | — |
| 2 | Latin | -āneus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-eos | — |
Words derived from “străin”