Where does “violență” come from?
violență (Romanian) comes from French violenter, from French violent, from Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.
violență (Romanian): violence
Definitions
- violence
Ancestry of “violență”, step by step
violență traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French violenter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | violenter | to subject to violence, commit violence upon; to... |
| 2 | French | violent | violent; inflection of violer: ## third-person... |
| 3 | Old French | violent | violent using violence |
| 4 | Latin | violentus | forcible, violent, vehement; impetuous;... |
| 5 | Latin | -entus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 6 | Latin | cruentus | bloody in its various senses, "particularly:" |
| 7 | Latin | cruor | blood, gore; murder, bloodshed |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krewh₂- | blood outside the body |
via French violence
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | violence | violence; act of violence |
| 2 | Old French | violence | violence; act of violence |
| 3 | Latin | violentia | violence; aggressiveness |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Italian violenza
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | violenza | violence |