Where does “Agrișu de Jos” come from?
Agrișu de Jos (Romanian) comes from Latvian Agris, from Hungarian egres, from Italian agresto, from Italian agro, from Vulgar Latin acrus, from Latin ācer, from Latin saccharum, from Ancient Greek σάκχαρ — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.
Ancestry of “Agrișu de Jos”, step by step
Agrișu de Jos traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latvian Agris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvian | Agris | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | egres | gooseberry |
| 3 | Italian | agresto | verjuice |
| 4 | Italian | agro | sour, vinegary; countryside around a town |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | acrus | sour |
| 6 | Latin | ācer | sharp, sour, bitter, pungent |
| 7 | Latin | saccharum | sugar |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σάκχαρ | sugar; sugar cane |
| 9 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |