Where does “Scaraoțchi” come from?
Scaraoțchi (Romanian) comes from Old Church Slavonic искариотьскъ, from Ancient Greek Ἰσκαριώτης, from Latin sīcārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
Scaraoțchi (Romanian): name given to the leader of the devils; Satan
Definitions
- name given to the leader of the devils; Satan
Ancestry of “Scaraoțchi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | искариотьскъ | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἰσκαριώτης | Iscariot, a byname of the biblical Judas, one of the apostles of Jesus of Nazareth in the gospels of the Christian Bible |
| 3 | Latin | sīcārius | assassin, contract killer, murderer |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |