Where does “cămătui” come from?

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

cămătui (Romanian): to loanshark

Definitions

  1. to loanshark

Ancestry of “cămătui”, step by step

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