Where does “ardere” come from?
ardere (Romanian) comes from Romanian arde, from Vulgar Latin ardere, from Latin ārdeō, from Latin ardus, from Latin āridus, from Latin āreō, from Proto-Italic āzēō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHseh₁(ye)- — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.
ardere (Romanian): the process of burning
Ancestry of “ardere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | arde | to burn |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | ardere | present active infinitive of ardeō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | ārdeō | — |
| 4 | Latin | ardus | Alternative form of aridus |
| 5 | Latin | āridus | — |
| 6 | Latin | āreō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | āzēō | I am dry |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHseh₁(ye)- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |