Where does “cântărire” come from?
cântărire (Romanian) comes from Romanian cântări, from Romanian cântar, from Ottoman Turkish قنطار, from Arabic قِنْطَار, from Syriac qanṭīrā, from Greek κεντηνάριον, from Latin centenarium, from Latin centum.
cântărire (Romanian): weighing
Definitions
- weighing
Ancestry of “cântărire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cântări | to weigh (something), as with a scale |
| 2 | Romanian | cântar | scale; steelyard |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | قنطار | kantar; steelyard; hundredweight, quintal |
| 4 | Arabic | قِنْطَار | {{l|en|hundredweight}} |
| 5 | Syriac | qanṭīrā | — |
| 6 | Greek | κεντηνάριον | — |
| 7 | Latin | centenarium | nominative neuter singular of centēnārius;... |
| 8 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 9 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |