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in reply to a message by Anneza
Sounds like a short form like Rosmi, which is short for Rosmitah or Rosminah (at least 1 person uses the name Rosme as a short form for Rosmitah). Also found the name Rosmel (no meaning found).
In Arabian Rosminah رسمناه means "We have set" (online translation, so maybe not reliable)
I found the name Rosmita in be in use in Indonesia and India. Perhaps Rosmita has a connection with the name Mita, meaning: "Fixed, Grounded". The origin of the name Mita is Indian (Sanskrit) (http://www.babynames.com/name/MITA)
According to other sources Mita means "Friend" (http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Mita.html)
There is also a name Mita in Italian, meaning "Myth" (from Italian mito).
In Arabian Rosminah رسمناه means "We have set" (online translation, so maybe not reliable)
I found the name Rosmita in be in use in Indonesia and India. Perhaps Rosmita has a connection with the name Mita, meaning: "Fixed, Grounded". The origin of the name Mita is Indian (Sanskrit) (http://www.babynames.com/name/MITA)
According to other sources Mita means "Friend" (http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Mita.html)
There is also a name Mita in Italian, meaning "Myth" (from Italian mito).
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Though the roo mi in sanskrit does mean to fix or establish, the word mita in that sense is rarely recognized today: the masculine form was indeed used as a name in the ancient times, but I do not think the modern feminine mitA derives from that. Certainly, the name is usually interpreted as a NIA word which originates in the sanskrit mitra, a friend, probably connected with mith, to unite.
I do not know about Rosmita, but would guess it is a made up form patterned after names ending in smitA, smiling, from the root smi cognate with and meaning smile, or to blush; it may also be influenced by rashmi, an old word originally meaning rope, but the persistent metaphorical use of ropes of light have pulled a lot of rope words into ray words in Sanskrit, and the ray of light is the only surviving meaning of rashmi. Of course, it could also be a semitic word borrowed in since the sound structure is very familiar.
I do not know about Rosmita, but would guess it is a made up form patterned after names ending in smitA, smiling, from the root smi cognate with and meaning smile, or to blush; it may also be influenced by rashmi, an old word originally meaning rope, but the persistent metaphorical use of ropes of light have pulled a lot of rope words into ray words in Sanskrit, and the ray of light is the only surviving meaning of rashmi. Of course, it could also be a semitic word borrowed in since the sound structure is very familiar.
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