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Where does “fãnari” come from?

fãnari (Aromanian) comes from Greek φανάρι, from Byzantine Greek φανάριον — lamp, torch.

fãnari (Aromanian): lantern

Definitions

  1. lantern

Ancestry of “fãnari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekφανάριtraffic lights; lantern, lamp, torch
2Byzantine Greekφανάριονlamp, torch
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