Where does “binecrescut” come from?
binecrescut (Romanian) comes from Romanian crescut, from Romanian crește, from Latin crēscō, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
binecrescut (Romanian): maidenly
Definitions
- maidenly
Ancestry of “binecrescut”, step by step
binecrescut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian crescut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | crescut | past participle of crește grown; grown, grown-up |
| 2 | Romanian | crește | to grow, increase; to raise, cultivate |
| 3 | Latin | crēscō | to rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Romanian bine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | bine | well; handsome; good |
| 2 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 3 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 4 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |