Where does “paçavra” come from?
paçavra (Crimean Tatar) comes from Ottoman Turkish پاچاوره, from Greek πατσαβούρα, from Venetian spazzadura, from Italian spazzatura, from Italian spazzare, from Latin spatiāri, from Latin spatior, from Latin spatium — to succeed, to prosper.
paçavra (Crimean Tatar): napkin
Definitions
- napkin
Ancestry of “paçavra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | پاچاوره | rag, tatter, a piece of old cloth, generally used for cleaning, patching, etc |
| 2 | Greek | πατσαβούρα | a swab, rag, any dirty cloth |
| 3 | Venetian | spazzadura | — |
| 4 | Italian | spazzatura | cleaning, sweep; rubbish |
| 5 | Italian | spazzare | to sweep, or to sweep up |
| 6 | Latin | spatiāri | — |
| 7 | Latin | spatior | I go for a walk; walk around; stroll, promenade;... |
| 8 | Latin | spatium | Space, room, extent; Distance between points; A... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |