Where does “temă” come from?
temă (Romanian) comes from Italian tema, from Italian temere, from Latin timeō, from Latin Tīmaeus, from Ancient Greek Τῑ́μαιος, from Ancient Greek τῑμάω — to pay honor to; to hold in honor; to treat honorably; to honor; to revere.
temă (Romanian): theme, subject, topic; task; stem
Definitions
- theme, subject, topic; task; stem
Ancestry of “temă”, step by step
temă traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian tema
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tema | theme, subject; stem; thesis |
| 2 | Italian | temere | to fear; to beware |
| 3 | Latin | timeō | to fear, be afraid of, apprehend, be apprehensive of |
| 4 | Latin | Tīmaeus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Τῑ́μαιος | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τῑμάω | to pay honor to; to hold in honor; to treat honorably; to honor; to revere |
via French thème
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | thème | theme, topic; a translation from one's mother... |
| 2 | Latin | thema | theme, topic; the alignment of celestial bodies... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | θέμα | That which is placed or laid down; Something... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τίθημι | I put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via German Thema
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Thema | topic, subject, issue; theme |