Where does “cântări” come from?
cântări (Romanian) comes from Romanian cântar, from Ottoman Turkish قنطار, from Arabic قِنْطَار, from Syriac qanṭīrā, from Greek κεντηνάριον, from Latin centenarium, from Latin centum, from Latin folium.
cântări (Romanian): to weigh , as with a scale; to ponder, deliberate...
Definitions
- to weigh , as with a scale; to ponder, deliberate...
Ancestry of “cântări”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | cântar | scale; steelyard |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قنطار | kantar; steelyard; hundredweight, quintal |
| 3 | Arabic | قِنْطَار | {{l|en|hundredweight}} |
| 4 | Syriac | qanṭīrā | — |
| 5 | Greek | κεντηνάριον | — |
| 6 | Latin | centenarium | nominative neuter singular of centēnārius;... |
| 7 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 8 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |