Where does “cantaragiu” come from?
cantaragiu (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قنطارجی, from Ottoman Turkish قنطار, from Arabic قِنْطَار, from Syriac qanṭīrā, from Greek κεντηνάριον, from Latin centenarium, from Latin centum, from Latin folium.
cantaragiu (Romanian): weigher
Definitions
- weigher
Ancestry of “cantaragiu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قنطارجی | maker or seller of steelyards or similar instruments |
| 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- | — |