Where does “abces rece” come from?
abces rece (Romanian) comes from Romanian abces, from French abcès, from Latin abscessus, from Latin abs, from Proto-Albanian aps, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ — the god Apis.
abces rece (Romanian): cold sore
Definitions
- cold sore
Ancestry of “abces rece”, step by step
abces rece traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian abces
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | abces | abscess |
| 2 | French | abcès | An abscess |
| 3 | Latin | abscessus | departed; withdrawn; retreated |
| 4 | Latin | abs | away from; from; away |
| 5 | Proto-Albanian | aps | — |
| 6 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 8 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 9 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |