Where does “viță de vie” come from?
viță de vie (Romanian) comes from Romanian de, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti, from Proto-Indo-European pós — afterwards, post; by, at.
viță de vie (Romanian): grapevine
Definitions
- grapevine
Ancestry of “viță de vie”, step by step
viță de vie traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | de | from; of; by |
| 2 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 3 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 4 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Romanian viță
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | viță | vine - often used as viță de "vie"; race, kind,... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | vitia | nominative plural of vitium; accusative plural of... |
| 3 | Latin | vītea | — |
| 4 | Latin | vītis | vine, grapevine |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *wītis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wéh₁itis | that which twines or bends; branch, switch |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₁y- | to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,... |