Where does “subtilizare” come from?
subtilizare (Romanian) comes from Romanian subtiliza, from French subtiliser, from French subtil, from Old French sotil, from Latin subtīlis, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
subtilizare (Romanian): subtilization
Definitions
- subtilization
Ancestry of “subtilizare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | subtiliza | to subtilize |
| 2 | French | subtiliser | to snatch; take possession of |
| 3 | French | subtil | subtle |
| 4 | Old French | sotil | — |
| 5 | Latin | subtīlis | fine, thin, slender |
| 6 | Latin | tēla | web |
| 7 | Old Dutch | tegela | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *tigulā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 10 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 11 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |