Where does “ștergărel” come from?
ștergărel (Romanian) comes from Romanian ștergar, from Romanian șterge, from Latin extergere, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
ștergărel (Romanian): small towel
Definitions
- small towel
Ancestry of “ștergărel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ștergar | towel or cloth used to wipe and dry, especially... |
| 2 | Romanian | șterge | to wipe, clean, clear; to erase, remove, rub out |
| 3 | Latin | extergere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |