Where does “vacanță” come from?
vacanță (Romanian) comes from Italian vacanza, from French vacance, from French -ance, from Old French -ance, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
vacanță (Romanian): vacation, holiday, recess; vacancy
Definitions
- vacation, holiday, recess; vacancy
Ancestry of “vacanță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | vacanza | holiday UK, vacation US |
| 2 | French | vacance | vacancy, free position; holidays; vacation |
| 3 | French | -ance | ance; forms abstract nouns |
| 4 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |