Where does “curatelă” come from?
curatelă (Romanian) comes from French curatelle, from Latin cūratēla, from Latin cūrātus, from Latin cūrō, from Latin cūra, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeys-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷey- — to pay; to avenge.
curatelă (Romanian): guardianship
Definitions
- guardianship
Ancestry of “curatelă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | curatelle | guardianship under which the ward is totally and permanently incapable |
| 2 | Latin | cūratēla | the procurement of patrimonial matters of one who has been assigned a curator as he has been deemed incapable to procure them himself |
| 3 | Latin | cūrātus | arranged (taken care of) |
| 4 | Latin | cūrō | to arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to |
| 5 | Latin | cūra | care, concern, thought |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeys- | to see; to heed |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷey- | to pay; to avenge |