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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

  1. slander, calumny, defamation

Ancestry of “defaimă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfāma—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-meh₂—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—
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