Where does “prelevare” come from?

prelevare (Italian) comes from Romanian preleva, from French prélever, from Late Latin praelevo.

prelevare (Italian): to withdraw; to collect; to pick up

Definitions

  1. to withdraw; to collect; to pick up

Ancestry of “prelevare”, step by step

prelevare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian preleva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianprelevato take out a sample
2Frenchpréleverto take (sur from)
3Late Latinpraelevo

via Latin praelevare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpraelevare

Words derived from “prelevare

Every word from Late Latin praelevoEvery word from French préleverEvery word from Romanian preleva