Where does “arător” come from?
arător (Romanian) comes from Latin arator, from Latin arō, from Proto-Italic araō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éryeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂erh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.
arător (Romanian): arable; ploughman
Ancestry of “arător”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | arator | Someone that ploughs or plows; ploughman or... |
| 2 | Latin | arō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | araō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éryeti | to be ploughing |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂erh₃- | to plough |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |