Where does “îngrijitor” come from?
îngrijitor (Romanian) comes from Romanian îngriji, from Romanian grijă, from Bulgarian гри́жа, from Proto-Slavic gryža, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.
îngrijitor (Romanian): caretaker
Definitions
- caretaker
Ancestry of “îngrijitor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | îngriji | to care for, tend to, look after, nurse |
| 2 | Romanian | grijă | worry; care |
| 3 | Bulgarian | гри́жа | trouble, bother, fuss, cumbrance |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | gryža | physical discomfort, pain; worry, concern |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -ja | Suffix creating feminine action nouns, usually... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeh₂ | — |