Where does “cărturăreasă” come from?
cărturăreasă (Romanian) comes from Romanian cărturar, from Late Latin chartularius, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta, from Latin carta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
Ancestry of “cărturăreasă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cărturar | learned man, bookman, well-read man, (great) scholar, academic |
| 2 | Late Latin | chartularius | keeper of archives |
| 3 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 4 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 5 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 6 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 7 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |