Where does “tanti” come from?
tanti (Romanian) comes from French tante, from Middle French tante, from Middle French ante, from Old French ante, from Latin amita, from Proto-Indo-European amma- — mother.
tanti (Romanian): auntie
Ancestry of “tanti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | tante | aunt; homosexual ; faggot, fag ; poof |
| 2 | Middle French | tante | — |
| 3 | Middle French | ante | auntie; aunt |
| 4 | Old French | ante | nominative singular of antain; aunt |
| 5 | Latin | amita | paternal aunt; father's sister |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | amma- | mother |