Where does “subțiime” come from?
subțiime (Romanian) comes from Romanian subția, from Late Latin subtilio, from Latin subtīlis, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
subțiime (Romanian): thinness
Definitions
- thinness
Ancestry of “subțiime”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | subția | to thin, become/get thinner, make thin; to water... |
| 2 | Late Latin | subtilio | I diminish; I act craftily |
| 3 | Latin | subtīlis | fine, thin, slender |
| 4 | Latin | tēla | web |
| 5 | Old Dutch | tegela | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *tigulā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 8 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 9 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |