Where does “Almașu Mare” come from?

Almașu Mare (Romanian) comes from Romanian mare, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

Ancestry of “Almașu Mare”, step by step

Almașu Mare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian mare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmarebig, large, great; great, mighty; sea
2Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
3Proto-Italicmarisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Romanian Almaș

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianAlmașdiamond
2HungarianAlmásapple prepared with apples, containing apples
3Hungarianalmaapple; third-person singular single-possession...
4Hungarianálomdream; sleep; sleepiness, drowsiness
5Proto-Ugricala-mapadding in shoes , bed of straw

Words derived from “Almașu Mare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →