Where does “străinătate” come from?
străinătate (Romanian) comes from Romanian străin, from Latin extrāneus, from Latin -āneus, from Latin -eus, from Proto-Italic *-eos.
străinătate (Romanian): abroad, foreign countries
Definitions
- abroad, foreign countries
Ancestry of “străinătate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | străin | foreign, strange; foreigner, alien |
| 2 | Latin | extrāneus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -āneus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-eos | — |