Where does “Corbița” come from?
Corbița (English) comes from Romanian Corbița, from Romanian corb, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Italic korwos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂wós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
Corbița (English): A two-masted merchant ship of Ancient Rome
Definitions
- A two-masted merchant ship of Ancient Rome
Ancestry of “Corbița”, step by step
Corbița traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian Corbița
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Corbița | — |
| 2 | Romanian | corb | raven; brown meagre |
| 3 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Latin corbita
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | corbita | a slow-sailing freight ship |
| 2 | Latin | *corbītus | — |
| 3 | Latin | corbis | basket; basketful |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | korb | basket |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kurbaz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | krebô | basket |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |