Where does “temei” come from?
temei (Romanian) comes from Byzantine Greek θεμέλιον, from Ancient Greek θεμέλιος, from Proto-Indo-European dʰh₁-m-eló-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
temei (Romanian): foundation, base, basis
Ancestry of “temei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Byzantine Greek | θεμέλιον | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | θεμέλιος | belonging to the foundation; foundation-stone,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰh₁-m-eló- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
Words derived from “temei”