Where does “abluțiune” come from?
abluțiune (Romanian) comes from French ablution, from Latin ablūtiō, from Latin abluō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abluțiune (Romanian): ablution
Definitions
- ablution
Ancestry of “abluțiune”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ablution | Ritual rinsing of the priest's hand; ablution; A... |
| 2 | Latin | ablūtiō | washing, cleansing, ablution |
| 3 | Latin | abluō | to wash off, wash away, cleanse, purify |
| 4 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 5 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |