Where does “bețivănărie” come from?
bețivănărie (Romanian) comes from Romanian bețivan, from Romanian bețiv, from Romanian beție, from Romanian beat, from English beat, from Middle English beten, from Old English bēatan, from Proto-West Germanic bautan — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
bețivănărie (Romanian): party
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Ancestry of “bețivănărie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | bețivan | inclined to drinking heavily; a major drunkard |
| 2 | Romanian | bețiv | inclined to drinking often; drunk, drunkard,... |
| 3 | Romanian | beție | drunkenness, intoxication, inebriation; carousal,... |
| 4 | Romanian | beat | drunk, drunken, intoxicated; tipsy |
| 5 | English | beat | A stroke; a blow; A pulsation or throb; A pulse... |
| 6 | Middle English | beten | To beat; to repeatedly strike or hit |
| 7 | Old English | bēatan | to thrash, beat; to beat, pound, strike, lash,... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |