Where does “Igrișan” come from?
Igrișan (Romanian) comes from Romanian Igriș, 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 “Igrișan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Igriș | — |
| 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 |