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Where does “alghescu” come from?

alghescu (Aromanian) comes from Latin albesco, from Latin albeō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

alghescu (Aromanian): I whiten; I become white

Definitions

  1. I whiten; I become white

Ancestry of “alghescu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinalbescoI become white, pale; I gleam; I dawn
2Latinalbeō—
3Latin-eō—
4Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
5Proto-Italic-ējō—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
7Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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