Where does “surdomut” come from?

surdomut (Romanian) comes from Romanian surd, from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

surdomut (Romanian): deaf-mute

Definitions

  1. deaf-mute

Ancestry of “surdomut”, step by step

surdomut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian surd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansurddeaf
2Latinsurdusdeaf; inattentive, unresponsive; silent,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy

via Romanian mut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmutdumb, mute; first-person singular present...
2Latinmūtusmute, dumb, silent, unable to speak, inarticulate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēr-Every word from Latin surdusEvery word from Romanian surd