Where does “aprinzătură” come from?
aprinzătură (Romanian) comes from Romanian aprinde, from Latin apprendere, from Latin apprehendere, from Latin prehendō, from Proto-Italic *praiɣendō, from Proto-Italic prai-, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
aprinzătură (Romanian): hug, embrace
Definitions
- hug, embrace
Ancestry of “aprinzătură”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | aprinde | to light; to turn on |
| 2 | Latin | apprendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | apprehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | prehendō | to lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take, catch |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *praiɣendō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |