Where does “batjocură” come from?
batjocură (Romanian) comes from Romanian bate, from Latin battere, from Latin battuere, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰ- — to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig.
batjocură (Romanian): derision, ridicule, mocking
Definitions
- derision, ridicule, mocking
Ancestry of “batjocură”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | bate | to beat; to defeat; to strike, hit, punch |
| 2 | Latin | battere | — |
| 3 | Latin | battuere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēdʰ- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰedʰ- | to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig |
Words derived from “batjocură”