Where does “defaimă” come from?
defaimă (Romanian) comes from Latin fāma, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-meh₂, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.
defaimă (Romanian): slander, calumny, defamation
Definitions
- slander, calumny, defamation
Ancestry of “defaimă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | fāma | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-meh₂ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |