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Where does “Dumitrescu” come from?

Dumitrescu (Romanian) comes from Romanian Dumitru, from Old Church Slavonic Дьмитръ, from Ancient Greek Δημήτριος, from Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ, from Ancient Greek μήτηρ, from Proto-Hellenic mā́tēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

Ancestry of “Dumitrescu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianDumitru—
2Old Church SlavonicДьмитръ—
3Ancient GreekΔημήτριος—
4Ancient GreekΔημήτηρDemeter
5Ancient Greekμήτηρmother; source or origin
6Proto-Hellenicmā́tērmother
7Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
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