Where does “Sâmburești” come from?
Sâmburești (English) comes from Romanian Sâmburești, from Romanian sâmbure, from Latin symbolus, from Ancient Greek σύμβολον, from Ancient Greek σῠμβάλλω, from Ancient Greek βάλλω, from Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō.
Ancestry of “Sâmburești”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Sâmburești | — |
| 2 | Romanian | sâmbure | pit (of a fruit) |
| 3 | Latin | symbolus | Synonym of symbolum |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σύμβολον | a sign or token by which one infers a thing; a... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σῠμβάλλω | I throw together, dash together, compare,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βάλλω | I throw, cast, hurl; I let fall; I strike, touch |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *gʷəlnō | — |