Where does “arbinescu” come from?

arbinescu (Aromanian) comes from Aromanian escu, from Latin sūm, from Proto-Italic ezom, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- — to be.

arbinescu (Aromanian): Albanian (of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language)

Definitions

  1. Albanian (of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language)

Ancestry of “arbinescu”, step by step

arbinescu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Aromanian escu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AromanianescuI am
2Latinsūmto be, exist
3Proto-Italicezomto be
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésmifirst-person singular present indicative of...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-to be

via Aromanian arbines

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AromanianarbinesAlbanian (a person from Albania or of Albanian descent)
2AlbanianArbënAlbanian
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmiEvery word from Proto-Italic ezom