Where does “Valea Mărului” come from?
Valea Mărului (Romanian) comes from Romanian măr, from Vulgar Latin melus, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
Ancestry of “Valea Mărului”, step by step
Valea Mărului traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian măr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | măr | apple; apple tree |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | melus | apple tree |
| 3 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |