Where does “suitor” come from?
suitor (Romanian) comes from Romanian sui, from Latin subeo, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
suitor (Romanian): skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Definitions
- skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Ancestry of “suitor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | sui | to get in; to mount, climb up |
| 2 | Latin | subeo | I go under, come under; enter; I go up to,... |
| 3 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |