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Where does “cedru” come from?

cedru (Romanian) comes from Italian cedro, from Latin cedrus, from Ancient Greek κέδρος — cedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil.

cedru (Romanian): cedar

Definitions

  1. cedar

Ancestry of “cedru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancedrocedar; citron; first-person singular present...
2Latincedrusthe juniper tree, Juniperus oxycedrus; cedar-oil,...
3Ancient Greekκέδροςcedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil
Every word from Ancient Greek κέδρος →