Where does “centură” come from?

centură (Romanian) comes from French ceinture, from Old French ceinture, from Latin cinctura, from Latin cingō — to surround, circle, ring, encircle.

centură (Romanian): belt, girdle

Definitions

  1. belt, girdle

Ancestry of “centură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchceinturebelt
2Old Frenchceinturebelt
3Latincincturagirdle, belt; nominative feminine singular of...
4Latincingōto surround, circle, ring, encircle
Every word from Latin cingō →Every word from Latin cinctura →Every word from Old French ceinture →
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