Where does “blestemăție” come from?
blestemăție (Romanian) comes from Romanian blestemat, from Romanian blestema, from Latin blastēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω, from Ancient Greek βλάσφημος, from Ancient Greek φήμη, from Proto-Hellenic pʰā́mā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-meh₂.
blestemăție (Romanian): swear word
Definitions
- swear word
Ancestry of “blestemăție”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | blestemat | cursed; accursed, damned; abominable |
| 2 | Romanian | blestema | to curse; to shame; to damn; to swear; to... |
| 3 | Latin | blastēmāre | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βλασφημέω | I speak profanely of sacred things, blaspheme; I... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βλάσφημος | uttering ill-omened words; jinx; reviling,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φήμη | prophetic voice, oracle; rumor; reputation |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | pʰā́mā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-meh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |