The story
- Ancient Greek · derived from-ία
- Romanian · derived fromNistru“Dniester”
- Latin · derived fromtrans
- Romanian · borrowed fromTransnistria
- English todayTransnistria
From Romanian Transnistria, from Latin trans + Romanian Nistru (“Dniester”) + Ancient Greek -ία (-ía): literally “beyond the river Dniester”. Analyzable as trans- + Romanian Nistru + -ia.
Words from the same roots
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.