Aromanian etymology in numbers
Counted from the etymologies of the 203 Aromanian entries in this dictionary, and recounted every few hours as entries are added. See also Aromanian words by origin.
Borrowed, inherited or formed
Each entry counted once: as borrowed if its etymology names a language it was taken from, else as inherited, else as formed within Aromanian.
- Borrowed 19% · 39 taken from another language
- Inherited 75% · 152 passed down from an ancestor of Aromanian
- Formed in Aromanian 4% · 8 compounds and derivatives of its own words
- Not traced yet 2% · 4 no etymology links yet
Ultimate origins by language family
Where the 192 traced words end up when their etymologies are followed back as far as they go, from entry to entry, grouped into families and the branches of Indo-European.
- Italic 105 · 55% Latin 85 · Proto-Italic 18 · Aromanian 2
- Indo-European 49 · 26% Proto-Indo-European 49
- Hellenic 21 · 11% Modern Greek 16 · Ancient Greek 4 · Byzantine Greek 1
- Turkic 10 · 5% Turkish 10
- Balto-Slavic 4 · 2% Old Church Slavonic 2 · Bulgarian 2
- Albanian 3 · 2% Albanian 3
When the words arrived
The 183 entries with a first-attestation date, by century and by the language each was borrowed from.
- Greek
- Turkish
- Bulgarian
- Albanian
- Italian
- Other borrowings
- Inherited or formed
- Not traced
Show as a table
| Century | Greek | Turkish | Bulgarian | Albanian | Italian | Other borrowings | Inherited or formed | Not traced | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18th century | 8 | 1 | 75 | 84 | |||||
| 19th century | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 2 | 79 |
| 20th century | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
Most prolific roots
The words that the most Aromanian entries go back to, at the far end of their etymologies.
- 2 Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰo- → ningã, lungu
- 2 Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → di, deadun
- 2 Latin *vereunus → vãrnu, vãr
- 2 Latin intro → tru, intru
- 2 Latin lucrum → lucredz, lucru
- 2 Latin quid → tsiva, tsi
- 1 Proto-Indo-European *(H)moi-ro- → mur
- 1 Proto-Indo-European *Hoi-no- → un
- 1 Latin *accaptio → acats
- 1 Latin *ad tunce → atumtsea
- 1 Latin *adaro → adar
- 1 Latin *afforas → afoarã
- 1 Proto-Italic *akʷā → apã
- 1 Latin *altru → altu
- 1 Latin *astecto → ashteptu
Longest journeys
The Aromanian words whose etymologies pass through the most languages, followed from entry to entry.
- nai 5 languages
Bulgarian най ← Turkish nahiye ← Latin navis ← Proto-Italic *nau- ← Proto-Indo-European *neh₂-u-
- ma 4 languages
Latin magis ← Italian ma ← Proto-Italic *magis ← Ancient Greek μαγίς
- stat 4 languages
Italian stato ← Latin status ← Proto-Italic *statu- ← Proto-Indo-European *sth₂tu-
- cu 3 languages
Latin cum ← Proto-Italic *kom ← Proto-Indo-European *ḱom ← Proto-Italic *kʷom ← Proto-Indo-European *kʷom
- fur 3 languages
Latin fur ← Latin furo ← Latin furnus ← Proto-Italic *χworno- ← Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr̥-no-
- numir 3 languages
Latin numerus ← Latin numero ← Latin umerus ← Proto-Italic *omes-o- ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂om-es-
- ningã 3 languages
Latin umquam ← Latin longus ← Proto-Italic *(d)longo- ← Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰo-
- sum 3 languages
Latin subtus ← Latin sub ← Proto-Italic *supo ← Proto-Indo-European *upó
- sãmtu 3 languages
Latin sanctus ← Latin sentio ← Proto-Italic *s(e)nt-ije/o- ← Proto-Indo-European *sn̥t-ie/o-
- tu 3 languages
Latin intro ← Latin tu ← Proto-Italic *tū ← Proto-Indo-European *túh₂