Where does “ром” come from?
ром (Bulgarian) comes from Russian ром, from French rhum, from English rum, from Ottoman Turkish روم, from Arabic رُوم, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμανία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
ром (Bulgarian): rum; a rum; a male Romani
Definitions
- rum; a rum; a male Romani
Ancestry of “ром”, step by step
ром traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian ром
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ром | rum |
| 2 | French | rhum | rum |
| 3 | English | rum | A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane... |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | روم | Various other areas of the Ottoman Empire full of "Roman" (i.e. Byzantine Greek) people, particularly central Anatolia |
| 5 | Arabic | رُوم | Byzantines |
| 6 | Middle Persian | 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 | Rome; Byzantine |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ῥωμανία | Byzantine Empire |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |