Where does “aniversare” come from?
aniversare (Romanian) comes from French anniversaire, from Latin anniversārius, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
aniversare (Romanian): anniversary; birthday
Ancestry of “aniversare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | anniversaire | birthday; anniversary |
| 2 | Latin | anniversārius | — |
| 3 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 4 | Latin | vertō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wertō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |