Where does “înlemnire” come from?
înlemnire (Romanian) comes from Romanian înlemni, from Romanian lemn, from Latin līgnum, from English polygonum, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
înlemnire (Romanian): freezing up of fear
Definitions
- freezing up of fear
Ancestry of “înlemnire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | înlemni | to freeze, to freeze up |
| 2 | Romanian | lemn | wood; timber |
| 3 | Latin | līgnum | firewood |
| 4 | English | polygonum | Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |