Where does “tristețe” come from?
tristețe (Romanian) comes from Romanian trist, from Vulgar Latin tristus, from Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European tristh₂s, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
tristețe (Romanian): sadness
Ancestry of “tristețe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | trist | sad |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | tristus | — |
| 3 | Latin | trīstis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |