Where does “ciumărea” come from?
ciumărea (Romanian) comes from Romanian rea, from Romanian rău, from Romanian făcător, from Romanian face, from Romanian -tor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
ciumărea (Romanian): goat's rue (Galega officinalis)
Definitions
- goat's rue (Galega officinalis)
Ancestry of “ciumărea”, step by step
ciumărea traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian rea
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | rea | nominative feminine singular of rău; accusative... |
| 2 | Romanian | rău | bad; wrong; sick |
| 3 | Romanian | făcător | maker, creator; making, doing |
| 4 | Romanian | face | do, make; to be made, to be done |
| 5 | Romanian | -tor | -er; -ing |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Romanian ciumă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ciumă | plague, pest, pestilence |
| 2 | Latin | cȳma | young sprout or spring shoot of cabbage |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κῦμα | swell, wave, billow; fetus, embryo |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | kūmə | swell, wave |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱúh₁mn̥ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |