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Where does “-ură” come from?

-ură (Romanian) comes from Latin -ura, from Latin -tūra.

Ancestry of “-ură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-uraSuffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives
2Latin-tūra—

Words derived from “-ură”

  • ruptură
  • tunsură
  • mulsură
  • spărtură
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