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Where does “undă” come from?

undă (Romanian) comes from Latin undō, from Latin unda, from Proto-Indo-European wódr̥, from Proto-Indo-European wed-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

undă (Romanian): wave

Definitions

  1. wave

Ancestry of “undă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinundō—
2Latinundawave; billow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwódr̥water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwed-water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwey-to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

Words derived from “undă”

  • unduios
  • undui
  • undos
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