Where does “subarboret” come from?
subarboret (Romanian) comes from Romanian arboret, from Italian alberetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
subarboret (Romanian): thicket, undergrowth
Definitions
- thicket, undergrowth
Ancestry of “subarboret”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | arboret | stand; brush; grove, thicket, small wood |
| 2 | Italian | alberetto | Small tree; topmast |
| 3 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 4 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 5 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 6 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |