Where does “cititor” come from?
cititor (Romanian) comes from Romanian citi, from Old Church Slavonic читати, from Proto-Slavic čitati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic skait-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
cititor (Romanian): reader
Ancestry of “cititor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | citi | to read |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | читати | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | čitati | to read; to count |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | skait- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | skey- | to split, to dissect |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |