Where does “înjurătură” come from?
înjurătură (Romanian) comes from Romanian înjura, from Late Latin iniuriare, from Latin iniūrior, from Latin iniūria, from Latin iniūrius, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
înjurătură (Romanian): profanity, expletive
Ancestry of “înjurătură”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | înjura | to swear, curse; to abuse, insult, call names |
| 2 | Late Latin | iniuriare | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | iniūrior | — |
| 4 | Latin | iniūria | — |
| 5 | Latin | iniūrius | — |
| 6 | Latin | iūs | — |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |