Where does “descumpănire” come from?
descumpănire (Romanian) comes from Romanian descumpăni, from Romanian cumpăni, from Romanian cumpănă, from Old Church Slavonic кѫпона, from Latin Campāna, from Latin Campānus, from Latin campānia, from Latin campus — to bend, to curve.
descumpănire (Romanian): disconcert
Definitions
- disconcert
Ancestry of “descumpănire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | descumpăni | to disconcert |
| 2 | Romanian | cumpăni | to weigh; to consider; to balance |
| 3 | Romanian | cumpănă | balance, scales; equilibrium; measure |
| 4 | Old Church Slavonic | кѫпона | — |
| 5 | Latin | Campāna | a large bell used in late classical or medieval church towers or steeples |
| 6 | Latin | Campānus | Campanian of or belonging to |
| 7 | Latin | campānia | — |
| 8 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |