Where does “cioropină” come from?
cioropină (Romanian) comes from Romanian arap, from Turkish Arap, from Ottoman Turkish عرب, from Arabic عَرَب, from Arabic عَرَبَ — to flow sharply.
cioropină (Romanian): gypsy
Ancestry of “cioropină”, step by step
cioropină traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian arap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | arap | black person; Arab |
| 2 | Turkish | Arap | Arab; Arabic |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | عرب | the Arabian people or Arabia; Arab; Negro |
| 4 | Arabic | عَرَب | Arabs; Arab |
| 5 | Arabic | عَرَبَ | to flow sharply |
via Romanian cioroi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cioroi | big crow, male crow |
| 2 | Romanian | -oi | augmentative suffix, used to indicate a larger... |
| 3 | Latin | -oneus | — |