Where does “brumăriu” come from?
brumăriu (Romanian) comes from Romanian brumă, from Latin brūma, from Latin brevima, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.
brumăriu (Romanian): gray, grayish
Ancestry of “brumăriu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | brumă | frost; rime, hoarfrost |
| 2 | Latin | brūma | — |
| 3 | Latin | brevima | the shortest |
| 4 | Latin | brevis | short, small, little, narrow; brief, short;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *breɣʷis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |