Where does “trinitate” come from?
trinitate (Romanian) comes from French trinité, from Old French trinité, from Latin trīnitās, from German Dreieinigkeit, from German Einigkeit, from German -keit, from German -heit, from Middle High German -heit.
trinitate (Romanian): trinity
Definitions
- trinity
Ancestry of “trinitate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | trinité | trinity; Trinity |
| 2 | Old French | trinité | — |
| 3 | Latin | trīnitās | threeness; the state of being three |
| 4 | German | Dreieinigkeit | Trinity |
| 5 | German | Einigkeit | unity; consensus, agreement |
| 6 | German | -keit | Alternative form of -heit; -ness, -ty; -ty |
| 7 | German | -heit | Converts an adjective into a noun and usually... |
| 8 | Middle High German | -heit | ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective |
| 9 | Old High German | -heit | nature, character |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |