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Where does “zmeoaie” come from?
zmeoaie (Romanian) comes from Romanian -oaie, from Latin -ōnea.
zmeoaie
(Romanian): giantess
Definitions
giantess
Ancestry of “zmeoaie”, step by step
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Language
Word
Meaning
1
Romanian
-oaie
augmentative suffix for some feminine nouns; used...
2
Latin
-ōnea
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