Where does “cerință” come from?
cerință (Romanian) comes from Romanian cere, from Latin quaerere, from Latin quaero, from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- — to acquire.
cerință (Romanian): need; request
Ancestry of “cerință”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | cere | to request, to ask |
| 2 | Latin | quaerere | present active infinitive of quaerō;... |
| 3 | Latin | quaero | I seek, look for; I ask, question, inquire,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kʷaizeō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂- | to acquire |