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