Where does “ștafetă” come from?

ștafetă (Romanian) comes from Italian staffetta, from Italian staffa, from Lombardic stapho.

ștafetă (Romanian): relay race

Definitions

  1. relay race

Ancestry of “ștafetă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianstaffettacourier, runner; relay race; relay team
2Italianstaffastirrup; stapes, stirrup bone, stirrup;...
3Lombardicstapho—

Words derived from “ștafetă”

Every word from Lombardic stapho →Every word from Italian staffa →Every word from Italian staffetta →