Where does “surdomut” come from?
surdomut (Romanian) comes from Romanian surd, from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.
surdomut (Romanian): deaf-mute
Ancestry of “surdomut”, step by step
surdomut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian surd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | surd | deaf |
| 2 | Latin | surdus | deaf; inattentive, unresponsive; silent,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | swēr- | heavy |
via Romanian mut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | mut | dumb, mute; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Latin | mūtus | mute, dumb, silent, unable to speak, inarticulate |