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Help[Surname] Romanian surnames Radu and Stoica
These are very important surnames in Romania.
Can you help me in finding the original meaning?
Thank you
Can you help me in finding the original meaning?
Thank you
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Radu :
a Romanian firstname, but also used as a patronymic surname (thus referring to the name of the father at the time surnames became standard). Follow the link for the meaning:
http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=radu&nmd=n&gender=both&operator=or
Stoica :
The Romanian word stoic has the same meaning as the English word stoic , both the noun and the adjective.
stoic :
c.1384, from L. stoicus, from Gk. stoikos "pertaining to a member of or the teachings of the school founded by Zeno (c.334-c.262 B.C.E.), characterized by austere ethical doctrines," lit. "pertaining to a portico," from stoa "porch," specifically the great hall in Athens (decorated with frescoes depicting the Battle of Marathon) where Zeno taught, from PIE *sta-/*sto- "stand." Meaning "person who represses feelings or endures patiently" first recorded 1579.
I don't know what the suffix -a means or if it has a meaning, but it is not really common in Romanian surnames. Most of them end with -u or -ea . I've found the surnames Stoicu and Stoicea as well, so i'm pretty sure that stoic is the basic root (the -u and -ea are common Romanian suffices). Stoicu would mean "the stoic" (could be both noun and adjective again: adj. = the stoic (person)).
a Romanian firstname, but also used as a patronymic surname (thus referring to the name of the father at the time surnames became standard). Follow the link for the meaning:
http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=radu&nmd=n&gender=both&operator=or
Stoica :
The Romanian word stoic has the same meaning as the English word stoic , both the noun and the adjective.
stoic :
c.1384, from L. stoicus, from Gk. stoikos "pertaining to a member of or the teachings of the school founded by Zeno (c.334-c.262 B.C.E.), characterized by austere ethical doctrines," lit. "pertaining to a portico," from stoa "porch," specifically the great hall in Athens (decorated with frescoes depicting the Battle of Marathon) where Zeno taught, from PIE *sta-/*sto- "stand." Meaning "person who represses feelings or endures patiently" first recorded 1579.
I don't know what the suffix -a means or if it has a meaning, but it is not really common in Romanian surnames. Most of them end with -u or -ea . I've found the surnames Stoicu and Stoicea as well, so i'm pretty sure that stoic is the basic root (the -u and -ea are common Romanian suffices). Stoicu would mean "the stoic" (could be both noun and adjective again: adj. = the stoic (person)).
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