Where does “tăntiță” come from?

tăntiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian tanti, from French tante, from Middle French tante, from Middle French ante, from Old French ante, from Latin amita, from Proto-Indo-European amma- — mother.

Ancestry of “tăntiță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniantantiauntie
2Frenchtanteaunt
3Middle Frenchtante
4Middle Frenchanteauntie; aunt
5Old Frenchantenominative singular of antain; aunt
6Latinamitapaternal aunt; father's sister
7Proto-Indo-Europeanamma-mother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European amma-Every word from Latin amitaEvery word from Old French ante