Where does “totuși” come from?
totuși (Romanian) comes from Romanian și, from Italian sì, from Italian bene, from Latin bene, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
totuși (Romanian): nevertheless; however; still; all the same
Definitions
- nevertheless; however; still; all the same
Ancestry of “totuși”, step by step
totuși traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian și
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | și | and; also; form of își in hyphenated compounds... |
| 2 | Italian | sì | yes; so |
| 3 | Italian | bene | upper-class, posh, high; well, nicely, OK, right;... |
| 4 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 5 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 6 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |
via Romanian tot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | tot | all, whole; all, every; everything |
| 2 | Hungarian | Tóth | Slav |
| 3 | Hungarian | tót | A Slovak or Slovene person, or a person of such... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | tjudjь | foreign, strange |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þeudō | people, tribe |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tewtéh₂ | people, tribe |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |