Where does “cămătaș” come from?

cămătaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian camătă, from Proto-Slavic kamata, from Ancient Greek κάματος — toil, trouble; weariness, exhaustion, fatigue,...

cămătaș (Romanian): usurer, moneylender

Definitions

  1. usurer, moneylender

Ancestry of “cămătaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancamătăinterest (usually excessive); usury
2Proto-Slavickamata—
3Ancient Greekκάματοςtoil, trouble; weariness, exhaustion, fatigue,...
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