Etymograph

English

Traian

Traian comes from Latin Traianus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETraianus
  2. Romanianc. 1500–presentTraian
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETraianus
  2. Romanianc. 1500–presentTraian
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, to beget, to give birth’

general, king, nature, engine, german, native, generation, gender, genuine, gene, pregnant, genius, oxygen, ken, genre, indigenous, kindness, hydrogen, genocide, nationalism, genus, kin, noel, naive, innate, genital, natal, ingenious, kinder, nee, germ, nativity, nada, nascent, naïve, puny, glycogen, janata, cognate, gingerly, 106 more

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis ‘birth, production’

kind, nation, genesis, genetics, 14 more

through Latin gens ‘Roman clan’

gentle, gentile, gens, genteel, jaunty, nomen, 5 more

Today it means

name The name of a number of locations in Romania: A commune of Bacău County, Romania.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin Traianus / Traian